tardy

She says states accepted tardy mail ballots amid World War I, while seven authorized the practice during the 1940s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

Teachers accepted tardy excuses from parents of students stuck in gas lines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026

The latest, if tardy, look at the labor market wasn’t so bad at first glance.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 20, 2025

In October 2013, the inflation and employment reports for the prior month were also tardy by nearly two weeks because of a 16-day government shutdown.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025

Everyone seemed quite grumpy about having to wait for lunch, and they were all relieved to see the tardy guests arrive.

From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster

The next morning he slept over; was tardier at his desk than he has almost ever been, arriving shortly after ten.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is, however, this difference, that in some ages these evils last longer than in others, the wounds are deeper, the victims more numerous, the intermissions less frequent, the relief tardier, the survivors fewer.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 86, February, 1875 by Various

Lady Dorinda put another seed in her mouth, and reflected that Zélie's attendance was tardier than usual.

From The Lady of Fort St. John by Mary Hartwell Catherwood

The slight green of uncurling leaves, the airy scarlet of the maples, the bare branches of the tardier trees, opposed no barrier to the sunlight.

From To Have and to Hold by Mary Johnston

Science accounts for this sensation by supposing that one half of the brain, more agile than another, jumps to its conclusion before its tardier fellow can arrive.

From Audrey Craven by May Sinclair

TAP Air Portugal is one of the tardiest of airlines.

From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2023

The tardiest opening gavel was only 15 minutes late; with Missouri's vote, Nixon's renomination came only eight minutes late.

From Time Magazine Archive

A month soon passes, even at its tardiest pace.

From The Battle of Life by Charles Dickens

Each waited long before his opportunity came; each learned that the "tardiest of the immortals are the boon Hours."

From The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. by Various

America has been the tardiest among all the industrial nations to undertake this kind of social reform.

From Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II by Frank Albert Fetter