the Post Office

noun

: the government department in charge of collecting and delivering mail

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The move comes with factual dramas like Mr Bates vs the Post Office, Adolescence and Toxic Town having lit up the small screen of late, despite a funding crisis in UK scripted. Max Goldbart, Deadline, 29 May 2025 Baby Reindeer and Mr Bates vs the Post Office led the pack with four nominations each, followed by Mr Loverman, Rivals, Say Nothing, Slow Horses andThe Traitors with three. Brendan Le, People.com, 11 May 2025 From 1872 until 1971, the Post Office Department was an official part of the president’s cabinet, and the postmaster general was in the line of presidential succession. Sarah Prager, JSTOR Daily, 12 Mar. 2025 Breakfast’s coverage of the Post Office scandal is evidence of this and earned the show its first-ever BAFTA TV Awards nomination last month. Jake Kanter, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the Post Office

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“The Post Office.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Post%20Office. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.

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