express delivery
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of express delivery
First recorded in 1890–1895
Example Sentences
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At one point, Ms. Winkky received an email saying “due to the Hot sale overload ordering and the impact of the pandemic, the express delivery speed will be delayed, please be patient.”
From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2023
Some voters have resorted to paying extra for express delivery through private mail carriers, checking their ballot trackers daily and calling their local elections offices to make sure their ballots arrived.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 5, 2021
That is the calibre of person who, in the age of express delivery, is working on sciencing-up the plain cardboard box.
From The Guardian • Nov. 21, 2019
The Postal Service paid Armstrong’s team $32.3 million between 2000 and 2004 to ride under the service’s blue and white express delivery logo.
From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2018
Similarly in the British postal service, express delivery is a special and immediate delivery of a letter, parcel, &c. , by an express messenger at a particular increased rate.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
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