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special handling

noun

: the handling of parcel-post or mail as first-class but not as special-delivery matter for an extra fee

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Maintain proper storage for medications that require refrigeration or special handling. Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025 These items require special handling and storage, which many thrift stores can't provide. Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2025 This includes accounting for zones with special handling (e.g. slow zones). Richard Bishop, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025 More Stories The ideal for submarine commanders is a robot that doesn't need special handling and can be loaded aboard like a torpedo, then launched from a standard torpedo tube and recovered through the same tube after its mission has been completed. David Szondy june 21, New Atlas, 21 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for special handling

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of special handling was in 1928

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“Special handling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/special%20handling. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.

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