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Over the ensuing decades, Ellison’s words have become, thankfully, less and less true—in politics, the professions and, a bit more slowly and tardily, the art world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

Carmen Herrera, by contrast, had been content with a flat canvas to work out her striking geometric configurations, and did so for decades in obscurity before fame tardily arrived when she was 89.

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2022

As he tardily charged on that blitz, that ball suddenly appeared above his head, and the former high school basketball player leaped to tip it.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2016

So, appropriately and tardily, the flag has been taken down.

From Washington Post • Jul. 13, 2015

The longest day of my life began tardily.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green