delay
verb (used with object)
have delayed
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present perfectof delay.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Health and language issues have delayed his Mexican asylum process.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
County supervisors have pushed to shut down the facility, but plans for how to close the jail and questions of what would happen to the inmates housed there have delayed action.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
If you have delayed claiming while working, you will generally need to enroll yourself when your employer coverage ends to avoid late-enrollment penalties.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Valentini says any delay to purchase Tanenbaum’s Kilmer Sports’ stake “could have delayed the important deleveraging event of selling a minority interest in sports and media to new private investors.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
The chaos that would inevitably have delayed such a march with a hastily assembled host of household knights and local levies had been nowhere in evidence.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
