wait

Example Sentences

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It wasn’t exactly clear why Bonta and his office waited until more than a year after the fire to open a civil rights investigation, or whether that delay could affect its process or outcomes.

From Los Angeles Times

"You can't just look at one star and say, 'I'm just going to sit here and wait.'"

From Barron's

He said he went to the community center once the lockdown was lifted, and sought to comfort families waiting to learn whether their children had survived.

From Barron's

Investors excited about the potential of artificial-intelligence technology seem willing to wait for Anthropic to monetize its business to a degree more comparable to public companies with similar valuations.

From MarketWatch

Forensic software can help recover the files, Farid said, with a caveat: “The longer you wait, the less likely you are to find it, because the computer will eventually reclaim that memory.”

From The Wall Street Journal