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

If they were stopped by police, they were to tell officers they were a special delivery crew transferring radioactive material from the Dounreay nuclear power plant, near Thurso, for disposal at another site.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2025

Planet Earth is about to receive a special delivery — the biggest sample yet from an asteroid.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2023

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

"Airmail and special delivery ..." It's unclear whether the seeds spilled before they got to Stanley or after he dropped the bag.

From "Holes" by Louis Sachar