tardiness

Example Sentences

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The secrecy and tardiness of Russian state media gave foreign broadcasters an advantage.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

She was late so often for school that administrators said she might have to repeat some classes and asked for a doctor’s note to explain the tardiness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

Others riffed on her well-known history of tardiness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2025

The judge appeared to be stunned — not by Mr. Harris’s casual tardiness, but rather by the irony of his actions given the charge Mr. Harris was facing.

From New York Times • May 29, 2024

It might have been that my tardiness in learning to sense white people as “white” people came from the fact that many of my relatives were “white”-looking people.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright