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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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
The companies had accused Moderna of using their patented lipid nanoparticle technology—the delivery system featured in Moderna’s Spikevax Covid-19 vaccine—without permission.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
Instead of modifying the delivery system, they investigated whether the cells themselves were limiting uptake.
From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026
"It feels each week that the line managers are looking for a new way to blame any failures of the new delivery system on the posties, rather than looking at what the failures actually are."
From BBC • Mar. 23, 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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