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delivery

[dih-liv-uh-ree] / dɪˈlɪv ə ri /






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Medical applications include wound dressings, drug delivery systems, and resorbable implants or sutures that slowly degrade inside the body.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

The new Labour leader has won praise for his fluent, natural style on camera, in contrast to Starmer's somewhat stiff delivery.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

"We will track performance to ensure companies are delivering the expected improvements for customers and the environment," said Helen Campbell, executive director for delivery at Ofwat.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

This new round of layoffs follows hundreds of Amazon delivery service layoffs.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

The controlled binding and unbinding of iron and oxygen—the cyclical rusting and unrusting of blood—allows effective oxygen delivery into tissues.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

These layoffs are part of an initiative aimed at streamlining package pickups and deliveries by merging ground and express delivery networks.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

A pharmacy employee said the supplier had been so overwhelmed by orders that it could no longer make deliveries itself, forcing it to ship the glasses by Uber.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

After coming in at 138-3, Flintoff was the aggressor in a brutal partnership of 214 with Keaton Jennings and reached his century from just 65 deliveries.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Assembly and integration are progressing as Intuitive Machines works toward the broader goal of providing regular cargo and science deliveries to the Moon.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

On Saturday mornings during deliveries, I’d practice picking out new words in Jane Eyre, sounding out the ones that needed sounding out—and I’m not lying, there were plenty.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt




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