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as in releases
a freeing from an obligation or responsibility
the school bell signaled our delivery from the tortures of math class
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as in childbirths
the act or process of giving birth to children
her second delivery took only three hours
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Recent Examples of deliveries
The service provides things like snacks, drinks and grocery and convenience items, touting 10-minute deliveries.
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Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Jan. 2026
Home drone deliveries have slowly been gaining momentum since 2019, when the Federal Aviation Administration approved aerial commercial package deliveries.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
The fastest deliveries are around six minutes.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 11 Jan. 2026
Airbus outpaced Boeing in deliveries last year, though Boeing appears to have outsold its European competitor in new orders.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 11 Jan. 2026
Plaut expects to begin deliveries by the end of this year.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Jan. 2026
This method would determine how much water would be discharged from Lake Powell using a combination of elevations in both Powell and Mead, 10-year hydrological averages and Lower Basin deliveries.
—Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 10 Jan. 2026
European deliveries will begin in February, when prices are set to rise to between €1,400 and €2,100 ($1,625 and $2,450).
—New Atlas, 10 Jan. 2026
Gift with Taste 672 elevates gifting with flexible deliveries of Napa’s most exceptional reds, handpicked by Robb Report editors.
—Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, Robb Report, 8 Nov. 2025
Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Jan. 2026
Home drone deliveries have slowly been gaining momentum since 2019, when the Federal Aviation Administration approved aerial commercial package deliveries.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
The fastest deliveries are around six minutes.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 11 Jan. 2026
Airbus outpaced Boeing in deliveries last year, though Boeing appears to have outsold its European competitor in new orders.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 11 Jan. 2026
Plaut expects to begin deliveries by the end of this year.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Jan. 2026
This method would determine how much water would be discharged from Lake Powell using a combination of elevations in both Powell and Mead, 10-year hydrological averages and Lower Basin deliveries.
—Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 10 Jan. 2026
European deliveries will begin in February, when prices are set to rise to between €1,400 and €2,100 ($1,625 and $2,450).
—New Atlas, 10 Jan. 2026
Gift with Taste 672 elevates gifting with flexible deliveries of Napa’s most exceptional reds, handpicked by Robb Report editors.
—Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, Robb Report, 8 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deliveries
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Jorge Rodríguez, recently ratified as leader of the national parliament, avoided referring to those being freed as political prisoners and said that the releases were taking place simultaneously to his announcement, made at noon on Thursday.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2026
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Well Go — which specializes in Asian action and genre titles for North America across theatrical, home entertainment and digital platforms — will follow the theatrical rollout with downstream releases, including availability on the company’s Hi-YAH!—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Jan. 2026
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In some Michigan counties, Medicaid covers more than half of all childbirths.—
Kristen Jordan Shamus,
Freep.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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But the discharges also can overwhelm the delicate estuaries east and west of the state’s largest lake and, during the warm summer months, spread blooms of toxic algae, an issue that has become more persistent in recent years.—
Amy Green,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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These electrical discharges are directly responsible for killing as many as 320 million individual trees every year.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Deliveries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deliveries. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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