time-release
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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A time-release fertiliser supplies nutrients, light comes from LEDs and the astronauts add water.
From The Guardian • Jun. 7, 2020
It might also be accomplished through chemical tags that regulate which liposomes can fuse together, or through a time-release system.
From Nature • Nov. 6, 2018
That realist restraint lays the groundwork for the swooning subjectivity of the final scene, which detonates like a time-release bomb.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2015
After that march ended, activists shared photo analyses and time-release data to argue that at least a million people had shown up.
From Slate • Jan. 21, 2013
In April, Bliss unveiled That’s Incredi-‘peel’! glycolic resurfacing pads, which use what the company calls time-release technology to address wrinkles and dark spots.
From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2012
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