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postal code

NOUN
numerical identifier for address
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It is believed to have been named after the partial postal code of his hometown in Texas.

From BBC Oct. 22, 2025

The message takes on different meaning to different people - for the Irishman, it refers to being in a different postal code - but it translates to how far Woods blew it by him.

From Washington Times Dec. 20, 2022

“SW” are her initials, of course, and “SW19” is the postal code for Wimbledon.

From Seattle Times Jun. 14, 2022

In some countries, the zip code is referred to as the postal code and looks very different than what is used in the United States.

From Encyclopedia.com Feb. 5, 2018

One of the letters dated 1952 had a postal code on it that didn’t exist until twenty years later.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell




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