delay
Example Sentences
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Following a delay of around 17 minutes, the players did eventually return.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
In part due to the explosion, AST expects a three- to six-month delay in launching its commercial service, which could now happen in the first half of 2027 according to William Blair analyst Louie DiPalma.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
In March, the City Council adopted a strategy to delay the effects of SB 79 citywide by upzoning 55 single-family and low-density areas, allowing four- to 16-unit buildings up to four stories tall.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
“If you delay treatment for too long, you lose an opportunity to prevent something that could be more serious down the road,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
She agreed at once to all he said and sent him to the ship to tell Jason to meet her without delay in a certain place.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Vocabulary lists containing delay
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