delivery system
Americannoun
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any means or process for conveying a product or service to a recipient.
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any means or technology for administering a drug to a patient.
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the technology for conveying a nuclear weapon to a target.
Example Sentences
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GPS is the delivery system, and the quasar-derived frame is the source.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
“This pattern indicates broader problems in the facility’s health care delivery system rather than occasional lapses in care,” Anandkumar said in his report.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
As awareness increased in recent years, the demand for bioidentical estrogen and the transdermal patch as the preferred delivery system has gone up.
From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026
Instead of modifying the delivery system, they investigated whether the cells themselves were limiting uptake.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 20, 2026
There is no problem of access, the entire health-care delivery system is immediately at hand, and the cost of all items is surely less than that for nonmedical families.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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