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Recent Examples of special handling
The representative let slip that the request required special handling.
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T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 12 Apr. 2025
The museum’s galleries and library archives were sealed off from smoke damage through special handling systems, and officials said that the double-walled construction of the galleries protects the artwork.
—Matt Stevens, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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
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T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 12 Apr. 2025
The museum’s galleries and library archives were sealed off from smoke damage through special handling systems, and officials said that the double-walled construction of the galleries protects the artwork.
—Matt Stevens, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for special handling
Noun
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Several Kiwanis Club of Ramona members arrived at three Ramona schools the Monday before school started with a special delivery of school supplies.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Aug. 2025
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Midway through Episode 1, Wednesday (Jenna Ortega) returns to her dorm room, where Enid (Emma Myers) reveals that a special delivery arrived from Xavier (Percy Hynes White), who was last seen attempting to welcome Wednesday into the 21st century by giving her a cell phone.—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The gyms also told consumers that the mail-in cancellations should be sent by certified or registered mail, according to the FTC.—
Sarah Fortinsky,
The Hill,
20 Aug. 2025
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It is highly recommended that a taxpayer use the foreign country’s version of certified or registered mail because the receipt can serve as proof of timely mailing/filing.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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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
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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
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His big claim was rural free delivery.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
17 Aug. 2020
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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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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
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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
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“Special handling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/special%20handling. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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