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postmaster

[pohst-mas-ter, -mah-ster] / ˈpoʊstˌmæs tər, -ˌmɑ stər /


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Kendall’s reply to the Charleston postmaster was careful but unmistakable.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 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 1838, which limited presidential control of the postmaster general, and Myers v.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2025

This month, the Postal Service’s Board of Governors announced its selection of David Steiner to be the next postmaster general.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025

I must have looked so hopeful and eager that the postmaster, Mr. Johnson, acted less cranky with me than he usually did.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk

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 thus continued to withhold antislavery periodicals, with the tacit approval of Jackson protégé Kendall.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

She has dedicated the honour to "all the sub postmasters that we have lost".

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

When the first report of the official inquiry into the scandal was published in July, the Post Office said it apologised "unreservedly" for the suffering "caused to postmasters and their loved ones".

From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025

Excepting in nine of the larger cities of the state all postmasters are registrars for their respective districts.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson


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