zip

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“For comparison purposes, consider the old toll booth approach at the tollway or turnpike 30 years ago versus the Zip Cash or Toll Tag systems we see today,” Fleming says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Zip it: Banter and brief chats are fine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

These seem to be "Zip files" that usually contain many compressed pieces of information.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

Zip through suburbs, working-class communities, rolling hills and all sorts of Spanish-named streets until reuniting with the 5 in San Ysidro.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2024

Recently, the last three numbers of the post office’s new Zip Code for a postal district of Harlem hit, and one banker almost went broke.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey