postmaster general
noun
plural postmasters general
: an official in charge of a national post office department or agency
Examples of postmaster general in a Sentence
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But the names were rejected by the postmaster general for being too long.
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Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 25 Mar. 2024
What’s so special about a Z-grill To the untrained eye, the blue one-cent Z-grill, which depicts the nation’s first postmaster general Benjamin Franklin, looks like any old stamp.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024
When the Civil War split America, Montgomery Blair, President Lincoln’s postmaster general, used the savings from suspending service in the Confederacy to upgrade the Union’s mail system.
—Heran Mamo, Billboard, 27 Nov. 2023
Following a report from the postmaster general, postal tube transport resumed on July 1, 1902.
—Vanessa Armstrong, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Dec. 2023
The committee’s stamp recommendations are sent to the postmaster general for final approval.
—Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2023
The area’s congressional delegation wrote to the postmaster general asking about the long-term plan for Fort Howard.
—Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 13 Sep. 2023
A number of portraits on the Senate walls are of figures with ties to the Confederacy, including Jefferson Davis and John H. Reagan, who served as its postmaster general.
—Dallas News, 22 July 2021
Louis DeJoy, the postmaster general of the United States, said the main post office facility in Atlanta would be named after Lewis in an August ceremony.
—Wire Reports, oregonlive, 2 July 2023
Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 25 Mar. 2024
What’s so special about a Z-grill To the untrained eye, the blue one-cent Z-grill, which depicts the nation’s first postmaster general Benjamin Franklin, looks like any old stamp.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024
When the Civil War split America, Montgomery Blair, President Lincoln’s postmaster general, used the savings from suspending service in the Confederacy to upgrade the Union’s mail system.
—Heran Mamo, Billboard, 27 Nov. 2023
Following a report from the postmaster general, postal tube transport resumed on July 1, 1902.
—Vanessa Armstrong, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Dec. 2023
The committee’s stamp recommendations are sent to the postmaster general for final approval.
—Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2023
The area’s congressional delegation wrote to the postmaster general asking about the long-term plan for Fort Howard.
—Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 13 Sep. 2023
A number of portraits on the Senate walls are of figures with ties to the Confederacy, including Jefferson Davis and John H. Reagan, who served as its postmaster general.
—Dallas News, 22 July 2021
Louis DeJoy, the postmaster general of the United States, said the main post office facility in Atlanta would be named after Lewis in an August ceremony.
—Wire Reports, oregonlive, 2 July 2023
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