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delayed

adjective as in held up

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It added that if neither the target nor the cars-on-the road limit could be met, the runway plans would be delayed until the required £350m of road improvements had been completed.

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The school decided to rebuild with Parks, an alumnus, as coach and delayed playing games until Friday.

And Agnes's friends agree that justice has been delayed too long.

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The panel also delayed a vote on whether newborns whose mothers have tested negative for hepatitis B during pregnancy should automatically receive a jab for the liver virus.

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City officials said the fact the lot is private property delayed clean-up efforts, but they finally were able to coordinate a plan with the lot’s owner.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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