rural delivery
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Amazon is investing $4 billion to build new rural delivery hubs, aiming for two-day delivery in remote U.S. regions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 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
With the coming of the rural delivery route, even the village post-office has lost all social importance.
From The Challenge of the Country A Study of Country Life Opportunity by Fiske, George Walter
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