tardy
Example Sentences
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She told her teachers that she was still going to be tardy, and besides, she liked the exercise.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 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
“The effort is praiseworthy, but so excessively tardy that it is perfectly useless,” a collective of linguists wrote in the Liberation newspaper on Thursday.
From BBC • Nov. 14, 2024
He handed in his forged tardy note, all the while muttering Stupid stupid stupid under his breath.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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