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postmaster

[pohst-mas-ter, -mah-ster] / ˈpoʊstˌmæs tər, -ˌmɑ stər /


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Both the postmaster general and Congress choose to ignore the elephant in the room—the American Postal Workers Union.

From The Wall Street Journal May 17, 2026

Sadly, her aunt turns out to be dead, but Quartz Creek’s postmaster encourages Selena to move into her house anyway.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 2, 2026

U.S. in 1838, which limited presidential control of the postmaster general, and Myers v.

From Salon Oct. 8, 2025

Instead he was introduced by board member John M. Barger, a Southern California investment executive who was supervising the postmaster search.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 25, 2024

He was in the bed nearer the door, separated by a curtain from his roommate: the Hampden County postmaster, as we later discovered, who was in for a prostate operation.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Betty Brown has been a fierce advocate for postmasters and this government has now paid out over £1.3bn to more than 10,000 victims.

From BBC Dec. 29, 2025

Southern postmasters instituted a comprehensive censorship of mail to prevent antislavery literature from reaching the South.

From Salon Jul. 26, 2025

It told the BBC that it is "implementing changes across the entire organisation" so that it is "fit for the future, fundamentally changed and with postmasters at its heart".

From BBC Apr. 25, 2025

The GLO scheme is for the 555 former postmasters who won their group lawsuit, but received relatively small payouts after legal costs were paid.

From BBC Nov. 5, 2024

Stagecoaches to and from Philadelphia were stopped; postmasters used tongs to dip mail and newspapers from the city in vinegar and other substances they thought would purify them.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy




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