rural delivery

noun

Definition of rural deliverynext
as in special delivery

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  1. special delivery
  2. special handling
  3. registered mail
  4. rural free delivery
  5. certified mail
  6. parcel post
  7. mail
Noun
  • Recipients were randomly selected for the special deliveries from Focus: HOPE's Food for Seniors program.
    Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 5 Dec. 2024
  • In the 30-second spot, the stars stepped back into their iconic roles as Lorelai and Luke as Sean Gunn — who reprised his role as fan-favorite Kirk — drops off a special delivery at Luke’s Diner.
    Bailey Richards, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of special delivery
Noun
  • Washing fine china can be stressful, in part because delicate items require special handling, and also because these pieces hold significance or value.
    Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Office equipment can include servers, printers, computers and other items that require special handling.
    Anar Mammadov, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of special handling
Noun
  • That document was sent by registered mail to the U.S. Senate and the National Archives.
    Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 30 Jan. 2022
  • In ways that vary state by state, each state's electors then prepare six Certificates of Vote, which are sent by registered mail to the President of the U.S. Senate and the Archivist of the United States.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2020
Definition of registered mail
Noun
  • His big claim was rural free delivery.
    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
Definition of rural free delivery
Noun
  • The old law had required that the executor send you notice by registered or certified mail, and then provide proof of service to the court.
    Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 30 July 2023
  • Resumes sent by registered or certified mail to the Metro Council Clerk, 601 W. Jefferson St., 40202, must be postmarked no later than March 3 and must be received in the clerk’s office within four business days after mailing.
    Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, 24 Feb. 2023
Definition of certified mail
Noun
  • Competition also came from airlines and intercity bus lines that could easily carry parcel post on their routes.
    Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Extending parcel post to the countryside was vehemently opposed by merchants, who feared competition from Sears Roebuck and other mail order houses.
    Tom Dillard, Arkansas Online, 14 Mar. 2021
Definition of parcel post
Noun
  • Apple’s similar system is a sure fire way of drastically reducing phishing mails.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • All post offices will be closed, with regular mail suspended, according to the United States Postal Service.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of mail
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