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postbox

[pohst-boks] / ˈpoʊstˌbɒks /


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BBC NI went to Newtownabbey, County Antrim, where there is a newly upgraded postbox.

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026

June Sheridan didn't realise the postbox was there and ended up taking her small parcel into the shop.

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026

"Our message is clear, if you have a Royal Mail label on your parcel, and it fits, put it in a postbox and we'll do the rest," Mr Clarkson said.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025

It also features a barcode scanner, which opens a drop-down drawer that is big enough to accommodate parcels that do not fit in the traditional postbox slot.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025

Today, I wish I could tell my pen pals that I was going to Birzeit to open my postbox, to meet their words.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat

The taped up postboxes are part of Royal Mail's roll out of 3,500 new postboxes across the UK.

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026

Seven "postboxes of the future" are in place in Northern Ireland, of 3,500 planned across the UK.

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026

However, Peacock added that generally "people who use postboxes are writing letters and using stamps".

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026

More are on the way, hence the black plastic while postboxes are upgraded.

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026

Across the country that day, the ballots for year-end honors in Thoroughbred racing began arriving in journalists’ postboxes.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand


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