postmaster

Example Sentences

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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 1926, which held that the president could remove a postmaster in Oregon.

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

Thinking of Jackson and the things he used to smuggle me makes me think of my mother—the silence from the postmaster every time Jackson came calling, or so I thought.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland