belated

Example Sentences

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The women volunteers of the civil disobedience movement are getting a belated acknowledgement of their defining role in one of India's biggest mass movements.

From BBC

Flowers ranged from "a belated thank you for work in the energy policy division, £30" to an £85 bouquet.

From BBC

With that belated honor, The Associated Press is republishing its story filed July 3, 1955, from Oakland, California, detailing the arrival of seven of the injured Navy crew members.

From Seattle Times

The relief felt belated and relatively slight, but it was welcome nonetheless.

From Seattle Times

Investors knew full well that the Fed’s interest rate hikes, a necessary but belated response to inflation, had clobbered the bond market.

From Washington Post