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was delaying

  • past progressive
    of delay.
    delay
    verb (used with object)
    to put off to a later time; defer; postpone.

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The day prior to OpenAI's Tuesday event, the company said it was delaying the launch of its latest model due to certain safety issues that showed up during internal testing.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

On Friday, OpenAI said it was delaying the public rollout of its latest models, known as GPT-5.6, because of government security concerns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Questions have been raised about Nvidia and OpenAI’s partnership after The Wall Street Journal reported that the chip maker was delaying a planned investment of up to $100 billion in ChatGPT-developer OpenAI.

From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026

But last December, the agency announced it was delaying future missions, as well as its Artemis III launch, which had been scheduled for 2024 but was moved to 2027.

From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2025

Brother Luke looked back to see what was delaying them, but nodded as he saw Robin afoot, and John again plucking the strings of the little harp.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli