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rural delivery

British  

noun

  1. a mail service in a country area, often run by contractors for the Post Office

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Andy Jassy uses his annual shareholder letter to tout AI vision, investments in robotics and rural delivery.

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

With rural delivery, daily papers, telephones, centralized schools, automobiles and good roads, there are no more delightful places in the world to live than in the country or in the small town.

From The University of Hard Knocks by Parlette, Ralph

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