postal code
Example Sentences
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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
“SW” are her initials, of course, and “SW19” is the postal code for Wimbledon.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 14, 2022
Depressingly, though, what we learn is they’re fighting to defend something as trivial as what postal code they wound up in.
From Washington Times • May 5, 2020
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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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.