delay
Example Sentences
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It’s not the first time California has delayed the retirement of a power facility over concerns about system reliability.
From Los Angeles Times
A White Paper addressing the needs of 1.7 million Send pupils in England was due to be published in the autumn, but has been delayed.
From BBC
Asfura, a conservative businessman, was declared winner of the presidential election on December 24, weeks after a tight race marred by delays and allegations of fraud.
From Barron's
In 2008, when a global financial crisis delayed plans to push through Siberia after crossing the Bering Strait two years earlier, he returned to Mexico and made it his temporary home.
From BBC
Ambulance delays when handing patients over to A&E staff were lower over the Christmas than the year before.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
