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rural delivery

British  

noun

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

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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

The rural delivery carrier, in his little house on wheels, had made his first delivery, and a track for the new electric-car line was laid through the sheep meadow.

From David Dunne A Romance of the Middle West by Maniates, Belle Kanaris