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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
Some of their contracts had a wardrobe allowance, easily $40,000 a year, plus weekly flower deliveries and daily drivers.
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Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2025
Now, 20 years later, Benson is the SVP of global content delivery at Lionsgate.
—Emy Lacroix, People.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Federal and state programs have rightly prioritized reaching remote areas, building towers, and upgrading last-mile delivery.
—Bob Hellman, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2025
Their new business strategy: delivery (and a few select grocery store aisles).
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Aug. 2025
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Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2025
Now, 20 years later, Benson is the SVP of global content delivery at Lionsgate.
—Emy Lacroix, People.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Federal and state programs have rightly prioritized reaching remote areas, building towers, and upgrading last-mile delivery.
—Bob Hellman, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2025
Their new business strategy: delivery (and a few select grocery store aisles).
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for delivery
Recent Examples of Synonyms for delivery
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Google's Quiet Gaming Platform Clues inside the latest Android beta releases point to a new endeavour for Google: building a gaming community inside the Google Play Store.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Sir Lucian is the CEO of a multinational enterprise; his days are spent determining and implementing global strategy, not vetting individual tracks or album covers or driving the release and promotional plans for any one recording.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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And finally, dipping estrogen can reduce blood flow to your pelvic floor muscles, contributing to the weakening of this zone that can naturally happen with age and childbirth, Dr. Adams adds.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
1 Aug. 2025
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The biology of maternal brain health Pregnancy and the months following childbirth are characterized by so many emotional, psychological and physical changes that the transition to motherhood has a specific name: matrescence.—
Andrew Novick,
The Conversation,
31 July 2025
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Install the exhaust fan in back of toilet tank with plastic discharge pipe shortest distance to outside.—
Jennifer Castenson,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Too much water behind these dams or a landslide or large ice discharge into the lake can break the dam, sending huge volumes of water and debris sweeping down the mountain valleys, wiping out everything in the way.—
Suzanne OConnell,
The Conversation,
13 Aug. 2025
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Multiple medical groups, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, sued Kennedy and the Department of Health and Human Services in July over changes to COVID-19 vaccine recommendations for children and during pregnancy.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
7 Aug. 2025
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Take, for example, a recent Food and Drug Administration panel on the use of antidepressants during pregnancy, which alarmed experts by amplifying the risks of these medications while downplaying the dangers of untreated mental health conditions during pregnancy.—
Lisa Jarvis,
Mercury News,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Delivery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delivery. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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