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It has also agreed a plan with Ofcom to scrap second class delivery on Saturdays as part of its new model.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

It has been six years since the institution last met its letter delivery targets for second class post and ten years since it last met its letter delivery targets for first class post.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Health Secretary Wes Streeting says some women have been made to feel like "second class citizens" with their pain treated "as an inconvenience and their symptoms as an overreaction".

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

“He thinks it’s really important that the authors of the 14th Amendment came in and granted citizenship on this principle that there’s no second class of people born in this country.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Among Chicago’s leading citizens there was always a deep fear of being second class.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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