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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
With a median age of 48.7 years, the TNF audience is 14.3 years younger than the crowd that huddles around broadcast’s primetime hearth, which translates to relatively massive deliveries among consumers in the dollar demo.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Amazon’s latest campaign for same-day delivery stars’ Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson East and her husband Andrew East, a former NFL football player.
—Kanika Talwar, WWD, 13 Dec. 2024
Order books are now open, with the first U.S. cars already in build and due for delivery in March.
—Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 12 Dec. 2024
Place your order by December 15 to ensure delivery by Christmas.
—Stackcommerce Team (sponsored), PCMAG, 12 Dec. 2024
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Amazon’s latest campaign for same-day delivery stars’ Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson East and her husband Andrew East, a former NFL football player.
—Kanika Talwar, WWD, 13 Dec. 2024
Order books are now open, with the first U.S. cars already in build and due for delivery in March.
—Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 12 Dec. 2024
Place your order by December 15 to ensure delivery by Christmas.
—Stackcommerce Team (sponsored), PCMAG, 12 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delivery
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That span between theatrical release and SVOD is 61 days, a healthy window for an independent film such as this.Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
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The Fall City Police Department’s Community Action & Suppression Team was executing a search warrant when 33-year-old Robert Langlais and another suspect fled on the roof, police said in a news release.Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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Hospitals gave patients meds during childbirth, then reported them Amairani Salinas was 32 weeks pregnant with her fourth child in 2023 when doctors at a Texas hospital discovered that her baby no longer had a heartbeat.Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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And yet pregnancy and childbirth can pose health hazards that virtually no method of birth control does.Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2024
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The layoffs and discharges rate (layoffs as a percentage of total employment) was just 1% in October, hovering near an all-time low, JOLTS data showed.Alicia Wallace, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
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Since 2022, the Education Department has announced group discharges for more than 1.2 million victims who attended predatory schools.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Delivery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delivery. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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