delay
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Shadow housing secretary James Cleverly told Victoria Derbyshire, who was standing in for Kuenssberg, that a general election would delay key decisions, particularly on defence spending.
From BBC • Jun. 28, 2026
Shares of Wall Street banks Goldman Sachs Group and Morgan Stanley each fell more than 4% after reports that OpenAI would delay its multibillion dollar initial public offering until 2027.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026
Wall Street appears to be spooked by a report that OpenAI could delay its IPO and by Apple’s decision to raise prices on some products.
From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026
Morningstar analyst Luke Yang told MarketWatch that news of OpenAI’s IPO delay was the main factor impacting Oracle’s stock performance.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 26, 2026
So there was no more unavoidable delay in the bathroom, and it wasn’t long before we were all speaking at least a pidgin variety of French and German.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
Vocabulary lists containing delay
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