delay
Example Sentences
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“If you have the means to delay early claiming, you should,” Duffy said.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026
That marks a difference from where he stood earlier this year, when he described rate reductions as the single missing ingredient for stronger economic growth and argued the Fed had no reason to delay.
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
Prolonging the Justice Department’s investigation could delay Senate approval of his successor and revive investor angst over the central bank’s independence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
But she used it in an apparent effort to convince our reporter not to delay with his own application.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
Yes, I was moved—I, Van Helsing, with all my purpose and with my motive for hate—I was moved to a yearning for delay which seemed to paralyse my faculties and to clog my very soul.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
Vocabulary lists containing delay
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