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Recent Examples of special delivery
As a result, today for the first time, the U.S. will deny Mexico's non-treaty request for a special delivery channel for Colorado River water to be delivered to Tijuana.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
The United States has refused a request by Mexico for water after supplies under a treaty reached the cutoff point for special deliveries.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
An Alabama mother made a special delivery, giving birth to a 13 lb., 4 oz. baby girl — two weeks early.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 7 Mar. 2025
The Moore Police Department shared audio of the unusual emergency call and footage of the delicious special delivery on X.
Newsweek reached out to the Moore Police Department via email on Saturday for comment.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
The United States has refused a request by Mexico for water after supplies under a treaty reached the cutoff point for special deliveries.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
An Alabama mother made a special delivery, giving birth to a 13 lb., 4 oz. baby girl — two weeks early.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 7 Mar. 2025
The Moore Police Department shared audio of the unusual emergency call and footage of the delicious special delivery on X.
Newsweek reached out to the Moore Police Department via email on Saturday for comment.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for special delivery
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This includes accounting for zones with special handling (e.g. slow zones).—
Richard Bishop,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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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
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That document was sent by registered mail to the U.S. Senate and the National Archives.—
Richard Ruelas,
The Arizona Republic,
30 Jan. 2022
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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
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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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Customers may also receive interactions from legitimate customer service representatives via email, phone call or physical mail.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
16 Aug. 2025
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The man was arrested and booked into the Maguire Correctional Facility in Redwood City on charges of burglary and mail theft.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Special delivery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/special%20delivery. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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