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Example Sentences

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Shipping costs are climbing for online sellers as carriers such as FedEx and UPS pass along the rising price of diesel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Amazon’s move follows similar surcharges by UPS and FedEx, with the Postal Service also planning an 8% increase; Amazon stock fell 0.4%.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Using earnings per share data going back to 2012, for example, shipping giants UPS and FedEx both had their best years in 2022 when oil prices spiked following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Common delivery services like UPS or FedEx typically allow users to recall mail they sent and have it returned to them.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

Except the books were not the musty, cloth-bound kind with gold lettering, but books like you might find at any bookstore now, like he’d just waltzed over to his neighborhood bookseller—or ordered UPS.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu