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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
In the American pop-culture feedback loop, at the football-movie intersection between sports and cinema and how the two inform and reflect each other, lurks a line delivery that lasts only a couple of seconds.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2026
When season two begins, viewers meet a beautiful young Hispanic woman named Luz (Jeannine Mason), who hides on a boat traveling to a remote island, perhaps in the Caribbean, to make a liquor delivery for a wealthy businessman named Richard Helvig.
—Demetrius Patterson, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
Before that, delivery robots first rolled out into tech hubs like Silicon Valley and San Francisco post-pandemic before making their debut in downtown Miami and South Beach, Bilgihan says.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2026
Yes, all of these songs coast primarily on vibes—Joji’s delivery remains detached and clinical throughout—but at least the vibes are compelling.
—Mehan Jayasuriya, Pitchfork, 11 Feb. 2026
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2026
When season two begins, viewers meet a beautiful young Hispanic woman named Luz (Jeannine Mason), who hides on a boat traveling to a remote island, perhaps in the Caribbean, to make a liquor delivery for a wealthy businessman named Richard Helvig.
—Demetrius Patterson, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
Before that, delivery robots first rolled out into tech hubs like Silicon Valley and San Francisco post-pandemic before making their debut in downtown Miami and South Beach, Bilgihan says.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2026
Yes, all of these songs coast primarily on vibes—Joji’s delivery remains detached and clinical throughout—but at least the vibes are compelling.
—Mehan Jayasuriya, Pitchfork, 11 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delivery
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Among this group, 802 cancer survivors provided dietary information via a questionnaire from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC), according to the press release.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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The release said Lovely lives near where the fire occurred.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Feb. 2026
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The challenges Black women face during pregnancy and childbirth often reflect gaps in care that begin much earlier in life and persist well beyond the postpartum period.—
Alexa Mikhail,
Flow Space,
11 Feb. 2026
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Many women may not be aware at all that private details of their childbirths were shared with law enforcement.—
Shoshana Walter,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Amalia was given a nebulizer and a respiratory medication upon her discharge from the hospital, but these were taken away by detention center staff upon her return, the lawsuit states.—
Jack Queen,
USA Today,
8 Feb. 2026
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Researchers in China have developed new zinc–air batteries that maintain stable charge–discharge operation for over 1,100 hours.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Delivery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delivery. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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