the Postal Service
noun
US
: the U.S. government department in charge of collecting and delivering mail
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Preventing a 'deluge' of lawsuits And Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson asked the government’s lawyer why lawmakers would have wanted to protect the Postal Service from damages for intentional wrongdoing.
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Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
Some federal services, like the Postal Service, remain operational, but ahead of the looming shutdown, the Congressional Budget Office estimated that about 750,000 employees could be furrowed each day.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2025
Essential services such as the Postal Service, Medicare and Social Security processing, and air traffic control will continue.
—Cameron Schoppa, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
No, the Postal Service is self-funded through its own revenues, not annual appropriations.
—Nik Popli, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
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Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
Some federal services, like the Postal Service, remain operational, but ahead of the looming shutdown, the Congressional Budget Office estimated that about 750,000 employees could be furrowed each day.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2025
Essential services such as the Postal Service, Medicare and Social Security processing, and air traffic control will continue.
—Cameron Schoppa, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
No, the Postal Service is self-funded through its own revenues, not annual appropriations.
—Nik Popli, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
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“The Postal Service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Postal%20Service. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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