tardy
Example Sentences
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She says states accepted tardy mail ballots amid World War I, while seven authorized the practice during the 1940s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026
Those of us who languish in the academic wasteland are too tardy to lament, so little has changed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
In “Back to the Future,” Tolkan portrayed Vice Principal Gerald Strickland, who surveyed the school’s halls with a whistle around his neck and a tardy slip burning a hole in his pocket.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
The latest, if tardy, look at the labor market wasn’t so bad at first glance.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 20, 2025
That tardy shudder which had not figured in his forethought made his breakfast bitter.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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