rural delivery
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Amazon has made an effort to prioritize remote communities, spending over $4 billion to expand its rural delivery network, Jassy said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Amazon says it aims ultimately to have 200 rural delivery hubs serving around 13,000 ZIP Codes covering around 1.2 million square miles of America—an area the size of Texas, California and Alaska combined.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026
The system of postman's huts endured until the 1960s, when all rural delivery staff were provided with vans.
From BBC • Jul. 16, 2023
His proposed budget for fiscal year 2011 states flatly "that 6-day delivery and rural delivery of mail shall continue."
From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2010
If this market wagon can also serve to carry the daily mail for all the neighborhood, the problem of rural delivery would be almost solved with a trifling expense.
From Rural Health and Welfare by Fairchild, George Thompson
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