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Definitions

special delivery

NOUN
express mail
Synonyms
WEAK
express first-class hand-to-hand delivery messenger package express priority mail special handling

Example Sentences

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A few weeks ago, I got a text from my grandma: “A special delivery is on its way to you.”

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

If they were stopped by police, they were to tell officers they were a special delivery crew transferring radioactive material from the Dounreay nuclear power plant, near Thurso, for disposal at another site.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2025

Planet Earth is about to receive a special delivery — the biggest sample yet from an asteroid.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2023

But the special delivery is not a blessing — it’s a curse.

From New York Times • May 12, 2022

Anyway I love you and want to get this off special delivery so you can get it in plenty of time if I can find a stamp in this madhouse.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger