delayer

British

/ diːˈleɪə /

verb

(tr) to prune the administrative structure of (a large organization) by reducing the number of tiers in its hierarchy

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Co-chairmen of its junior doctors' committee, Dr Robert Laurenson and Dr Vivek Trivedi, called Mr Barclay a "professional delayer," claiming he held the talks at the Department of Health without a mandate to negotiate.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2023

And whether denier or delayer, she points out, “if they get their way, we’re toast”.

From The Guardian • Mar. 1, 2019

Flanders mud is a potent delayer during the sloppy months of the West European winter.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was a delayer also and, in poker patois, a passer of the buck.

From The Job An American Novel by Lewis, Sinclair

She knew that in what followed she could not play the part of the protector or the delayer.

From The Night Horseman by Brand, Max

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