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Recent Examples of belated At the time of the film’s release in theaters in October, both Crowe and Adria Petty talked with Variety about what the very belated re-release of the film after more than 40 years meant to them. Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Feb. 2025 The Setting Sun The death of Queen Elizabeth II marked, in a belated way, the demise of empire. Fintan O’Toole, Foreign Affairs, 21 Feb. 2023 But a belated, uninspiring improvement is an improvement nonetheless. Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2024 The belated and awkward actions of the tech giant further damaged the company’s profile at time when China’s regulators were mounting a multi-pronged assault on the activities and business practices of the country’s leading tech firms. Patrick Frater, Variety, 23 June 2022 See All Example Sentences for belated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for belated
Adjective
  • By late 1974, the communal idealism had soured, undercut by cocaine, burnout, and turf wars among the crew.
    Noah Eckstein, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2025
  • The company’s latest work, per Musk’s remarks, involves an entirely novel angle: enabling people with blindness to experience vision.
    Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Adjective
  • His tardy arrival caused a two-hour delay and European delegates, including UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin, staged a walkout. UEFA, the European federation, issued a harsh statement following the walkout.
    Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
  • Most importantly, try not to be tardy to the party.
    Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 10 June 2025
Adjective
  • The Federal Reserve of New York study also found that borrowers ages 40 and older were most likely to be delinquent on their loans.
    Cora Lewis, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2025
  • Yet enforcement was impossible, for there was no way to track down absent and delinquent fathers.
    Augustine Sedgewick, Time, 13 June 2025
Adjective
  • Long overdue deregulation in Europe opening up an opportunity in banks such as Barclays.
    John Melloy, CNBC, 24 June 2025
  • Cannabinoid science is overdue for a new taxonomy, one that recognizes these compounds as classes, not single chemicals, with CBG perhaps not as a minor member but as a category-defining origin point.
    Jahan Marcu, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2025

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“Belated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belated. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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