time-release

A form of timed-release — That releases its active ingredients gradually, in order to produce a sustained effect.

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Meanings

adjectivetime-release (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of timed-release.

    The beauty industry, long promising to stop or at least stave off time, is finding a way to market it. Over the last year or so, store shelves have become packed with so-called time-release products, which promise staggered benefits the longer they sink in.

    2012 August 8, Alix Strauss, “Marketing Time in a Bottle Pays Off”, in The New York Times
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APA

time-release. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/time-release

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“time-release.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/time-release. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “time-release,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/time-release.

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