delayed

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Earlier this year, the company shut down or delayed several initiatives and began focusing on making its coding agent, Codex, more broadly available.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

It likely delayed its detection and hampered efforts to deliver tests and treatment to the affected areas.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

Iran coach Amir Ghalenoei complained on Sunday that the process of obtaining visas had delayed his team's arrival by a week.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Meta Maybe: Meta has delayed plans to release its newest AI model to developers multiple times and as of Tuesday didn’t have a planned date to release it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

One freight train did come along while they were pulling the obelisk over the tracks, but it was only delayed a half an hour or so.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman