delay
Example Sentences
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Current medications do not cure the disease, but rather -- at most -- delay its progression by several months.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
If you delay claiming beyond FRA, your benefit would increase by approximately 8% per year until age 70.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
The government’s campaign against excessive price competition helped stabilize promotions and reduced incentives for consumers to delay purchases in anticipation of deeper discounts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
The effects of the war had forced the IMF to delay its timeline for US inflation returning to the Federal Reserve's two-percent target to late 2027, from a previous expectation of mid-2027, she said.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
When Magistrate Tiger roared for the stone, his subjects brought it without delay.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
Vocabulary lists containing delay
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