delay

Example Sentences

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Any delay in the raises saves money for L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

But Vinh doesn’t see the delay as a major issue, keeping an Overweight rating and $275 target price on Nvidia shares.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

He could always delay it again, but at his news conference he laid out what he’d need to see.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

“Perhaps a historic-cultural monument designation could have saved the Zimmerman House, or allowed the necessary time to delay demolition. Tragically, calls for preservation fell on deaf ears.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

It would have to take its chance of being delayed; and delay would be fatal, with enemies on the track.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker