Examples of rural free delivery in a Sentence
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His big claim was rural free delivery.
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Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2020
Wanamaker’s tumultuous term as postmaster general for the Republican president Benjamin Harrison—which began with firing thousands of Democratic postmasters but later brought about the establishment of rural free delivery—gets short shrift.
—Marc Levinson, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2018
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Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2020
Wanamaker’s tumultuous term as postmaster general for the Republican president Benjamin Harrison—which began with firing thousands of Democratic postmasters but later brought about the establishment of rural free delivery—gets short shrift.
—Marc Levinson, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2018
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“Rural free delivery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rural%20free%20delivery. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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