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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

Blumenthal, the Connecticut Democrat who received the whistleblower disclosure, asked the postmaster general for detailed info about the plan in a letter this week.

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026

He applied for the role after reading an article about last year's Antarctic postmaster.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2024

“I wouldn’t have one around,” the postmaster said, and this meant that his wife was at him to buy one.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

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

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

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2025

The Post Office's reputation has also been seriously damaged because of the Horizon IT scandal, which saw hundreds of postmasters and mistress wrongly convicted when faulty software made it look like they were stealing money.

From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2025

Stagecoaches to and from Philadelphia were stopped; postmasters used tongs to dip mail and newspapers from the city in vinegar and other substances they thought would purify them.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy




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