delayed

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This delayed reaction means that even if oil prices begin to fall in the coming weeks, the momentum of that initial increase will remain embedded in the economy.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

Although the SDR was delivered in June last year, the 10-year defence investment plan to fund it has been repeatedly delayed.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Instead, as it happened, the miraculous basket merely delayed what would be one of the eight championship losses that West would suffer while playing with the Los Angeles Lakers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Participants with high loneliness had lower scores on both immediate and delayed memory tests at the start of the study compared to those with lower levels of loneliness.

From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026

She had first applied for admission to NASA’s astronaut training program in 1985, but the Challenger disaster had delayed the process.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas