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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 war essentially has kept the Strait of Hormuz shut to oil tankers, which has prevented the delivery of crude from the Persian Gulf to customers worldwide.
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Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
Alpert said the spirit was evident during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic when employees and business owners showed up, making deliveries by electric skateboards and tuk-tuks.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 10 June 2026
Over the course of 90 minutes at the Overland Park location, which opened in 2023, Romero must have had conversations with 20 different people — employees, customers, delivery men — recognizing almost all of them by name.
—Scott Chasen, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026
The half-hour service follows the e-commerce giant’s recent expansion of its own one-hour and three-hour delivery capabilities, which will offer more than 90,000 eligible products.
—Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 10 June 2026
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Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
Alpert said the spirit was evident during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic when employees and business owners showed up, making deliveries by electric skateboards and tuk-tuks.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 10 June 2026
Over the course of 90 minutes at the Overland Park location, which opened in 2023, Romero must have had conversations with 20 different people — employees, customers, delivery men — recognizing almost all of them by name.
—Scott Chasen, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026
The half-hour service follows the e-commerce giant’s recent expansion of its own one-hour and three-hour delivery capabilities, which will offer more than 90,000 eligible products.
—Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 10 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delivery
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The dip in bond yields, which follows Thursday’s downward move, comes ahead of key labor data releases later this morning from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.—
Hugh Leask,
CNBC,
5 June 2026
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Cooper was sentenced in 2024 to 14 months in a work-release program and four years of probation.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
5 June 2026
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Time off is key, experts say, as returning to work soon after birth can delay women’s recovery from childbirth, increase the likelihood of postpartum depression and interfere with the critical bonding between parent and child.—
Michael Cuglietta,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 May 2026
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Waldorf’s sister, Elizabeth Rowe, had almost died of hemorrhaging during childbirth, so the family felt an hourslong drive to Kansas through rural roads without medical support was not an option.—
Kavitha Surana,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
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The bill’s passage comes as GOP leadership has become increasingly frustrated with the usage of discharge petitions, a tool that used to be rare, to take vote-scheduling power out of the hands of the majority.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
9 June 2026
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Seven Republicans joined Democrats in signing the discharge petition to get the Faster Labor Contracts Act to the House floor.—
Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
9 June 2026
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“Delivery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delivery. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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