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postmaster

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


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The postmaster general, David Steiner, said earlier this month that although the portal was developed quickly, the agency’s standards for quality and security weren’t compromised.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

Kendall’s reply to the Charleston postmaster was careful but unmistakable.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

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

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2025

Her grandfather was postmaster in Lake Nebagamon, Wis., in the 1930s.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025

When the letter arrived in Bucktown, the postmaster opened it and read it.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry

Southern postmasters thus continued to withhold antislavery periodicals, with the tacit approval of Jackson protégé Kendall.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

He instructed Southern postmasters to record and publicize the names of even individual subscribers to abolitionist newspapers to encourage intimidation by their neighbors and perhaps even compel them to leave the South.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

She has dedicated the honour to "all the sub postmasters that we have lost".

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

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

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2025

Excepting in nine of the larger cities of the state all postmasters are registrars for their respective districts.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson


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