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• air express
  air express

  noun

  an express service for shipping small packages of goods by air: includes ground pickup at origin and delivery at destination.
• air-express
  air-express

  verb (used with object)

  to send or transport by air express.

air express

¹ American  

noun

1. an express service for shipping small packages of goods by air: includes ground pickup at origin and delivery at destination.

2. the goods shipped by this service.

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air-express ² American  

[air-ik-spres] / ˈɛər ɪkˌsprɛs /

verb (used with object)

1. to send or transport by air express.

   Your package will be air-expressed and should reach its destination tomorrow.

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adjective

1. pertaining to, using, or sent by air express.

   Your air-express package just arrived.

Etymology

Origin of air-express

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

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UPS, by contrast, always has operated a single network, even after beginning air express service in 1988 to counter FedEx.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2023

A jet flight, a ship’s cargo, an air express package.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2023

While the air express giants vie to gain market share, the beleaguered Postal Service is rolling out a new television ad campaign highlighting the value of first-class mail.

From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2011

His job may be no more demanding than calling an air express agent at 3 a.m. to trace a high-priority package.

From Time Magazine Archive

An air express holdup; or, How pilot George Selkirk carried through.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1958 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

The Cubans carried a suitcase with air-express invoices addressed to Dr. Fielding, and thus persuaded a cleaning lady to admit them to Fielding's office.

From Time Magazine Archive

Down too went its transatlantic air-express rates, from $2.02 per pound to $1.17.

From Time Magazine Archive

First step to air-express service, said he, is air-express planes: efficient freight-luggers built without the doodads of passenger craft, thus capable of carrying a bigger payload on the same horsepower.

From Time Magazine Archive