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.
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The material functions both as a sustained-release drug delivery system and as a viscosupplement, meaning it could potentially improve joint lubrication while simultaneously delivering treatments aimed at the underlying disease.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
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
These men are called dabbawalas and for more than a century they have kept Mumbai fed through a delivery system so precise it became world famous.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
It’s passed to me, wrapped up in a concise delivery system, but I pass it on.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
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