delayed

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The researchers say more work is needed to understand exactly what drives these delayed heart rate increases.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

Flanking the Hunt likeness, the delayed but imposing 6-foot-3-inch draped caryatids represent both “Architecture” and “Painting and Sculpture.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

But Lime — despite repeatedly saying it was considering a public listing — delayed its plans until Friday, when it officially filed paperwork for an initial public offering.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

Fitri Amit, a small-scale rice farmer in Perak region further south, was sceptical of the measures, which he said were often delayed, arriving only once farmers' "capital has already been drained".

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

He had delayed coming to Port Harcourt because he first wanted to find her so that they would visit the house together, look together at what they had lost.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie