delay
Example Sentences
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The delay is necessary, the authority said, “to resolve any outstanding issues” between the two countries.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
The $6,000 out-of-pocket cost every three years of hearing aids can force some parents into debt or to delay or skip treatment, Marciniak said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Optical stocks have fallen due to prior triple-digit gains and co-packaged optics delay worries.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
For example, what effect would withdrawing an additional $2,200 a month from your portfolio have over the next 25 years if it allowed your wife to delay claiming Social Security?
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
The text was being released to the press, so it would arrive in Moscow without the usual delay.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
Vocabulary lists containing delay
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