How to Use delivery in a Sentence
delivery
noun
- Someone has to be home to accept delivery of the package.
- The baby weighed almost seven pounds at the time of delivery.
- The doctor expects it to be a routine delivery.
- The delivery is scheduled for this morning.
- I need to work on my delivery before I give the speech.
- The joke was funny, but his delivery was terrible.
- The doctor has had three deliveries today.
- Allow six weeks for delivery.
- The company offers free delivery with orders over $100.
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The offer is not valid for digital orders, pick up or delivery.
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Susan Selasky,
Detroit Free Press,
5 Nov. 2024
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Uber Eats: Need some late-night food delivery while watching the election results?
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Mike Snider,
The Arizona Republic,
5 Nov. 2024
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His hope is to employ a more efficient delivery that places less stress on his body and arm — an undertaking that could come with its own adaptation period.
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Alex Speier,
BostonGlobe.com,
1 Mar. 2023
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When, in the long and painful hours of labor and delivery, were the approximately seventy-five seconds that destroyed her home and killed her family?
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Merve Emre,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2023
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One idea would be to ask your most reliable friend or family member to coordinate a delivery of one fresh bouquet each week for the next month or so – each from a different friend.
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Amy Dickinson,
oregonlive,
3 Mar. 2023
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One idea would be to ask your most reliable friend or family member to coordinate a delivery of one fresh bouquet each week for the next month or so — each from a different friend.
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Amy Dickinson,
Washington Post,
3 Mar. 2023
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However, the value model might not work for a business that is purely providing a tangible product or a very specific service delivery that does not contain many variables.
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Karla Dennis,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2023
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The tone and the delivery of the content made so much sense.
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Ashley Cullins,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Aug. 2023
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More than a fourth of the deaths happened the day of delivery.
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Marissa Evans,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2023
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The process of arms delivery to Israel is opaque, and the pipeline for weapons to the country is long.
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Edward Wong,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2024
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The range will have deliveries for fall and the holiday.
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Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
10 Jan. 2024
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The process, from estimate to delivery of just-like-new shoes, takes about two weeks.
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Macie Parker,
BostonGlobe.com,
25 Aug. 2023
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Our pizza casserole tops a greasy delivery pie any day of the week.
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Southern Living Test Kitchen,
Southern Living,
15 May 2024
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Hundreds of people had rushed about 30 trucks bringing a predawn delivery of aid to the north.
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Tara Copp,
Fortune,
2 Mar. 2024
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The 43rd Brigade received delivery of the heavy Panzers from Germany and the Netherlands over the winter.
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Michael Schwirtz,
New York Times,
1 May 2023
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Peach Cobbler customers will be able to walk-in, call-in, or use the store’s app for delivery through a party.
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Catherine Muccigrosso,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Mar. 2024
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By the end of last year, the USPS delivery replacement plan was revised again.
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Jonathan M. Gitlin,
Ars Technica,
2 May 2023
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He was found near the French city of Toulouse by a delivery driver Wednesday morning.
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Adela Suliman,
Washington Post,
15 Dec. 2023
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In that area, bicyclists zooming by were close enough to touch, and delivery trucks were whizzing past a few feet away.
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Daniel Kool,
BostonGlobe.com,
30 May 2023
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With that said though, the ease of delivery is where online florists really shine.
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Molly Peck,
USA TODAY,
8 Apr. 2024
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The accuracy is uncanny, from the delivery to the beauty details — the makeup, the hair, and even the nails.
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Marci Robin,
Allure,
31 Oct. 2023
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