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Recent Examples of special handling
But liquid oxygen has to be kept at super-cold temperatures, requiring special handling and insulation to prevent boil-off as it is loaded into the rocket.
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Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 11 June 2024
Vehicle type impacts costs, with larger or heavier vehicles requiring special handling.
—Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 29 Feb. 2024
Fees charged by the Secretary of State include $20 for processing each apostille document, plus a $6 special handling fee for each public official’s authentication signature.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2024
Harper adds that premium (read: organic) natural ingredients require special handling and top-notch emulsification and preservation systems to ensure a two-year shelf life.
—Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2024
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Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 11 June 2024
Vehicle type impacts costs, with larger or heavier vehicles requiring special handling.
—Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 29 Feb. 2024
Fees charged by the Secretary of State include $20 for processing each apostille document, plus a $6 special handling fee for each public official’s authentication signature.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2024
Harper adds that premium (read: organic) natural ingredients require special handling and top-notch emulsification and preservation systems to ensure a two-year shelf life.
—Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for special handling
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Kelly Clarkson surprised Alex Wolff with one extra special delivery on her daytime talk show.EW.com, EW.com, 10 July 2024
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The day after Cherry’s special delivery, Bowers died.Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 20 May 2024
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That document was sent by registered mail to the U.S. Senate and the National Archives.Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 30 Jan. 2022
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In ways that vary state by state, each state's electors then prepare six Certificates of Vote, which are sent by registered mail to the President of the U.S. Senate and the Archivist of the United States.Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2020
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The old law had required that the executor send you notice by registered or certified mail, and then provide proof of service to the court.Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 30 July 2023
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Resumes sent by registered or certified mail to the Metro Council Clerk, 601 W. Jefferson St., 40202, must be postmarked no later than March 3 and must be received in the clerk’s office within four business days after mailing.Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, 24 Feb. 2023
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His big claim was rural free delivery.Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2020
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Wanamaker’s tumultuous term as postmaster general for the Republican president Benjamin Harrison—which began with firing thousands of Democratic postmasters but later brought about the establishment of rural free delivery—gets short shrift.Marc Levinson, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2018
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Competition also came from airlines and intercity bus lines that could easily carry parcel post on their routes.Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Feb. 2024
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Extending parcel post to the countryside was vehemently opposed by merchants, who feared competition from Sears Roebuck and other mail order houses.Tom Dillard, Arkansas Online, 14 Mar. 2021
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“Special handling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/special%20handling. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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