delay

delay
01. The flight was [delayed] by bad weather.
02. They have [delayed] their move to the West Coast until his job is confirmed.
03. What's the big [delay] all about? Let's get going!
04. My sister and her husband [delayed] having children until they were able to afford to buy a house.
05. The train has been [delayed] due to an accident on the tracks in the next town.
06. Our flight to Mexico had a 4-hour [delay] because of engine problems.
07. We have decided to [delay] our marriage for a few weeks so that my fiancé's best friend can attend.
08. The government's decision to [delay] the election call may cost them votes.
09. Thomas Jefferson once stated that [delay] is preferable to error.
10. Brigham Young once remarked that the best remedy for anger is [delay].
11. Under the Canadian political system, the Senate's powers are largely limited to [delaying] the endorsement of legislation passed by the House.
12. Experts say that the common cold will [delay] a child's growth for the duration of the illness.
13. A Spanish proverb notes that God [delays], but doesn't forget.
14. The Magna Carta states, "To none will we sell, to none deny or [delay], right or justice."
15. Indecision over the nation's role in the economic integration of Europe [delayed] Sweden's entry into the EU until 1995.
16. Studies show that a girl who is educated tends to [delay] marriage and childbirth until she is ready.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • DELAY (J.) — Jean DELAY 1907 1987 De sa naissance à Bayonne le 14 novembre 1907 jusqu’à la fresque sans égale achevée avec sa tétralogie généalogique Avant mémoire , en passant par l’Académie de médecine et l’Académie francaise, chaque moment de la vie de… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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  • Delay — De*lay , n.; pl. {Delays}. [F. d[ e]lai, fr. OF. deleer to delay, or fr. L. dilatum, which, though really from a different root, is used in Latin only as a p. p. neut. of differre to carry apart, defer, delay. See {Tolerate}, and cf. {Differ},… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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