tardy
Example Sentences
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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
She told her teachers that she was still going to be tardy, and besides, she liked the exercise.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
The latest, if tardy, look at the labor market wasn’t so bad at first glance.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 20, 2025
In the blurb to the exhibition, Wintour writes that she has “probably spent a year of my life waiting for fashion shows, which are famously tardy, to begin”.
From BBC • Dec. 3, 2024
He handed in his forged tardy note, all the while muttering Stupid stupid stupid under his breath.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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