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belated

adjective as in late, slow

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Sutil said she traveled from Los Angeles to visit the San Diego Zoo with her sister as a belated birthday gift and that it was a trip she would certainly not be forgetting.

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Twenty years later, DelGado is helping create that same belated celebration for others who never had a quinceañera of their own.

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The puppet scenes, bestowing a belated yet supremely deserved spotlight on Abuela Julia, are the most original and haunting aspect of a production that too often flails for effects.

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It’s a shame it wasn’t more widely seen, though that now opens the door for a belated discovery.

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World Rugby's head injury assessment process also allows for players who show belated symptoms.

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