special delivery

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

In Erlick’s debut novel, every adult on the planet receives a special delivery and has to decide what to do with it.

From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2022

Reclaiming ancestral practices is what drew Angela Quintana Aucapan to have her baby — Namunküra, or “firm step” in Mapudungun — in the special delivery room recently, while relatives played traditional instruments.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 27, 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