1
: of or relating to the mails or the post office
2
: conducted by mail
postal chess
3
: insanely or murderously violent
—usually used in the phrase go postal
Examples of postal in a Sentence
Postal rates are going up.
The city worked to quickly restore postal service.
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Supporting initiatives that bring banking services to underserved communities, such as postal banking or community development financial institutions (CDFIs).
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Aisha Nyandoro, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Local lore says that the documents submitted with the name Snow Hall were misinterpreted by postal officials, and the name was recorded as Snowball.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2025
The postal code is in south Kansas City by the Unity Village neighborhood.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2025
Pitney Bowes, founded 105 years ago in Stamford, Conn., by the man who invented the first postal meter, employs 11,000 people around the world, about 7 percent of whom work in India including 85 percent of the company’s shipping-technology work force.
—Alex Travelli, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
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Aisha Nyandoro, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Local lore says that the documents submitted with the name Snow Hall were misinterpreted by postal officials, and the name was recorded as Snowball.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2025
The postal code is in south Kansas City by the Unity Village neighborhood.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2025
Pitney Bowes, founded 105 years ago in Stamford, Conn., by the man who invented the first postal meter, employs 11,000 people around the world, about 7 percent of whom work in India including 85 percent of the company’s shipping-technology work force.
—Alex Travelli, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Postal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postal. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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postal
adjective
post·al
ˈpōs-tᵊl 
: of or relating to mail or to the post office
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