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as in childbirth
the act or process of giving birth to children
her second delivery took only three hours
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Recent Examples of delivery
And grasping her unexpected second chance, Žižić’s powerhouse delivery would almost make Shirley Bassey proud.
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Jon O'Brien, Vulture, 13 May 2025
Make accessibility nonnegotiable — and design for mobile and in-person delivery.
—Justin Ángel Knighten, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2025
Russ Weaver, vice president of Mission, Community and Government Advocacy at Texas Health Huguley, said 13 percent of the hospital’s residents use Medicaid but 52 percent of its deliveries and 50 percent of its adolescence psychiatric services are for people who have Medicaid.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 May 2025
This is likely to lead to delivery delays on cheap items, Marketplace Pulse founder Juozas Kaziukenas previously told the Associated Press.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 2 May 2025
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Jon O'Brien, Vulture, 13 May 2025
Make accessibility nonnegotiable — and design for mobile and in-person delivery.
—Justin Ángel Knighten, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2025
Russ Weaver, vice president of Mission, Community and Government Advocacy at Texas Health Huguley, said 13 percent of the hospital’s residents use Medicaid but 52 percent of its deliveries and 50 percent of its adolescence psychiatric services are for people who have Medicaid.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 May 2025
This is likely to lead to delivery delays on cheap items, Marketplace Pulse founder Juozas Kaziukenas previously told the Associated Press.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delivery
Noun
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This looked like a man who has spent the season under pressure, worrying, his team not up to its usual standards, and all of that poured out in one moment of emotional release (top picture).—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
11 May 2025
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The Anglin family is convinced that, despite the FBI’s release of hundreds of pages of documents in the case, the agency is still reluctant to discuss the full story.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
11 May 2025
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Over its final 20 years, the Gates Foundation will focus on ending preventable childbirth deaths, eradicate deadly infectious diseases, and lifting people out of poverty, among its other goals, the foundation’s statement said.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
8 May 2025
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This phenomenon is rampant in the great American sport of childbirth and child-rearing.—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
5 May 2025
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While federal student loan borrowers are entitled a discharge upon their death, historically that discharge would have been taxable to the estate.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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Advanced cases may cause abnormal vaginal bleeding or unusual discharge.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
9 May 2025
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“Delivery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delivery. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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