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.
Other Word Forms
- undelayed adjective
- well-delayed adjective
Example Sentences
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At the same time, the White House delayed the tariffs for three years with Pfizer and British group AstraZeneca after both agreed to invest in US manufacturing capacity.
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Shares in Airbus earlier fell more than 10 percent on Monday in Paris following media reports that quality problems with fuselage panels had delayed delivery of some of its top-selling A320 aircraft.
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Around a third of flights into and out of New York’s JFK airport were delayed.
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But productivity growth may not achieve that pace, given labor trends and the delayed boost from AI adoption.
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However, the government shutdown has delayed the core PCE release, so the numbers are outdated, from September.
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