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• Virgin expects to take delivery of the first of the planes next year.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 20 May 2022
• United intends to take delivery of eight of the jets this month, a spokesman said.
  — Julie Johnsson, Bloomberg.com, 2 Dec. 2020
• The line will take delivery of the Disney Destiny next year, the brand announced Wednesday.
  — Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2024
• If schedules stay on track, the Navy could take delivery of the first of these radical new warships sometime in 2007.
  — Jim Wilson, Popular Mechanics, 22 Apr. 2021
• The airport will take delivery of its first all-electric shuttle buses in June.
  — Dallas News, 2 Jan. 2021
• Most customers take delivery of their vehicles at home, but those who live near one of the glass towers have the option to pick up their purchase.
  — Car and Driver, 18 Nov. 2020
• The airline expects to take delivery of the Dreamliners beginning in 2024.
  — Julie Johnsson, Bloomberg.com, 13 Dec. 2022
• Some consumers will ask for a dealership to deliver the vehicle to them; others want to take delivery of the car at a dealership.
  — Dallas News, 12 Jan. 2022
• The quarrel reached a peak last year when China refused to take delivery of some Australian shipments of coal and slapped punitive tariffs on Australian wine, barley and shellfish.
  — Tim Treadgold, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2021
• Tesla offered discounts to many buyers who agreed to take delivery of vehicles before January to goose sales in a year-end sales push.
  — Rebecca Elliott, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2023
• Holders of the contract upon expiration can’t take delivery of water, and sellers of the contract won’t provide any.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2021
• Even people who take delivery of new apartments are often reluctant to spend money on painting and furnishing.
  — Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2023
• Even people who take delivery of new apartments are often reluctant to spend money on painting and furnishing.
  — Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2023
• The car is so important to Cadillac that the person who bought it cannot take delivery of it for seven to 10 days so that Cadillac engineers and a team of specialists can inspect it and teach Cadillac of Novi's service technicians how to service it.
  — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2022
• Even now, Ukraine is waiting to take delivery of more powerful and sophisticated weapons, including tanks and air defense systems.
  — Robyn Dixon and Lily Kuo, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Mar. 2023
• Ocean carriers are starting to take delivery of container vessels ordered during the pandemic when demand for cargo space surged 20%.
  — Paul Berger, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2023
• And then there’s a logistical hurdle of commodities trading: Retail investors hoping to drive up the price of silver would have to take delivery of the metal, instead of buying up shares in online accounts or purchasing options contracts.
  — New York Times, 1 Feb. 2021
• The average Soviet citizen typically waited years to take delivery of a small Zhiguli – based on a Fiat design – while the more substantial Volga sedan was mainly reserved for official use.
  — Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Sep. 2023
• Fields said the adjacent site will be the future home to warehousing, parts suppliers, a customer center to take delivery of new vehicles and perhaps a Rivian farm-to-factory agricultural operation to feed plant workers.
  — Robert Channick, chicagotribune.com, 16 Apr. 2021

Last Updated: 11 Sep 2024