delayed
Americanadjective
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delayed flights.
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Delayed deliveries cause customers to complain.
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a delayed reaction;
a child's delayed development.
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Physics. of or relating to a particle, as a neutron or alpha particle, that is emitted from an excited nucleus formed in a nuclear reaction, the emission occurring some time after the reaction is completed.
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In other areas of the city, preservationists have successfully delayed the president’s bid to paint over the natural gray granite of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
From Los Angeles Times • 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
However, storms meant it was delayed by 24 hours.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
Commissioners twice delayed voting on two other projects, dubbed “Project Red and Project Yellow,” that together would cover 677 acres neighboring two existing power plants.
From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026
“It may be delayed but it cannot be defeated, and we covet for Tennessee the signal honor of being the thirty-sixth and last State necessary to consummate this great reform.”
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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