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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
The Medline distribution site first opened in 2022 and makes deliveries throughout the Great Lakes region.
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Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
The additional patents can include new doses, formulations or delivery devices.
—Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 13 May 2026
The company’s first attempt at two-hour delivery, the standalone Prime Now app, was shut down in 2021 and folded into the main Amazon app.
—Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 13 May 2026
As part of the agreement, Varda and United Therapeutics will use microgravity’s influence on the structure and crystallization properties of therapeutic compounds in order to improve their stability and delivery.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 13 May 2026
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Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
The additional patents can include new doses, formulations or delivery devices.
—Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 13 May 2026
The company’s first attempt at two-hour delivery, the standalone Prime Now app, was shut down in 2021 and folded into the main Amazon app.
—Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 13 May 2026
As part of the agreement, Varda and United Therapeutics will use microgravity’s influence on the structure and crystallization properties of therapeutic compounds in order to improve their stability and delivery.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 13 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delivery
Noun
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The Athletic has live coverage of the 2026 NFL schedule release.—
Sam Warren,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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Week 1 Other opening week highlights were announced before the full schedule release on Thursday night.—
Rob Maaddi,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2026
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Ali said her traumatic delivery experience led her to raise awareness of the discrimination black women face during pregnancy, childbirth, and other medical treatments.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
2 May 2026
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Many women assume bladder changes are simply part of life—something that comes with aging, childbirth or menopause.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
1 May 2026
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In laboratory tests, the battery maintained stable performance for 800 charge-discharge cycles while retaining nearly 82 percent of its original capacity.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
12 May 2026
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Those charges are related to the discharge of pollutants into Maryland’s Patapsco River, including the shipping containers, their contents, oil and the bridge itself.—
Tom Costello,
NBC news,
12 May 2026
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“Delivery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delivery. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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