delay
Example Sentences
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Whether you delay is a personal decision and is wholly dependent on whether you would like to start receiving your Social Security benefits early and on when you decide to retire.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026
Speaker Mike Johnson expects President Trump to sign the Housing Act within 10 days, despite the current delay.
From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026
PDT first pitch, representing a 25-minute rain delay.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026
On Monday Z and the panel got a brutal assignment: filling a long stretch of time during an epic rain delay in Philadelphia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026
He had voted with the antis to delay the decision, but this was a vote on the main question.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
Vocabulary lists containing delay
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