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simple past and past participle of delay examples
Happening later than is usual, expected, or desired. quotations examples
Many, and probably true, anecdotes have been published on the long-delayed and artful revenge of various animals.
1875, Charles Darwin, chapter 3, in The Descent of Man
First, if the delayed policy is no more stringent, it will miss the climate target of the original, non-delayed policy [...]
2014, Council of Economic Advisers, “Section 2”, in The Cost of Delaying Action to Stem Climate Change