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mailmen

noun

plural of mailman

as in postmen

a person who delivers mail the mailman usually leaves packages outside the mailbox

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Recent Examples of mailmen Soldiers were as ubiquitous to him as mailmen. — Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026

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Two postmen came every day; the one from the South generally came earlier.

— Colm Tóibín, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
Boy Scouts marched, as did fraternities, high-school classes, postmen, and newspaper columnists.

— Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2025

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The judge's order Thursday comes after state attorneys general brought a new challenge after USPS published a finalized rule governing steps states must take to print ballots to be carried and tracked by mail carriers.

— Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
In 2025, more than 5,200 dog attacks on postal service employees were recorded, a notable decrease from 2024, when 6,000 mail carriers were attacked, per the May 28 report released ahead of National Dog Bite Awareness Week, which runs through June 30.

— Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 1 June 2026

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