delaying

Example Sentences

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US President Donald Trump is due to visit China on May 14-15, where he is expected to meet leader Xi Jinping, after delaying an earlier summit because of the Iran war.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Instead, the father expressed outrage at the hospital for not delaying the clamping of the umbilical cord.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

I started delaying telling friends and family my results until I’d fully come down from the fight-or-flight panic of testing week.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

It held that a manufacturer can breach a duty of reasonable care merely by pausing or delaying a “safer” alternative—even when the existing product met every regulatory and tort-law standard of its era.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Onions were best gathered in the cooler morning, but if Zvezda kept delaying her, it would be midday before she finished.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack