special delivery
Example Sentences
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A few weeks ago, I got a text from my grandma: “A special delivery is on its way to you.”
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2026
In the next few days, Mr. Wiggins will receive a special delivery from New York City: the last of the goldfish from underneath the tuberculosis hospital.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2023
No letters will be delivered during strike days, said Royal Mail, but as many special delivery and Tracked24 parcels as possible would be delivered.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2022
There’s a special delivery room with Native images on the walls and bed, forms for doctors to approve herbal treatments from trusted traditional healers, and protocols for “good dying” mindful of spiritual beliefs.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 27, 2022
Anyway I love you and want to get this off special delivery so you can get it in plenty of time if I can find a stamp in this madhouse.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
