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

He was a postmaster for 30 years and went on to be a local councillor before retiring in 2013.

From BBC • May 15, 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

The grocer showed up, and the postmaster, and the principal of the village school, and the neighbor, Abu Mahmoud, who grew famous green beans, and all of their wives and babies and teenagers and cats.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye