time-release
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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In 1995, the Food and Drug Administration approved OxyContin, a time-release version of the painkiller oxycodone.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2023
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
Like Serial and the riveting true-crime documentary The Staircase, The Jinx metes out information like a time-release capsule, turning each episode into a series of revelations and the audience into detectives.
From Slate • Feb. 5, 2015
Phthalates are found in the tubing used in hospitals to deliver medications; enteric coatings on pills, including some aspirin; materials used to create time-release capsules; and countless other products.
From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2014
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