delaying tactic

noun

variants or delay tactic
: something that is done in order to delay a decision, an occurrence, etc.

Examples of delaying tactic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Last-minute delay tactics from hard line Senate Republicans briefly led lawmakers to worry the government could slide into a short partial shutdown — even though the funding bill had broad bipartisan support. Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024 This is partly a delay tactic—Trump would dearly love to push back the criminal trials until after the 2024 election, a fact the prosecutors are well aware of. John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2023 The situation itself is surreal: the legendary Sondheim, like Penelope in the Odyssey, weaving and unravelling, promising and procrastinating—and then, after all delaying tactics fail, watching as the tapestry is cut from the loom. Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2023 But fears of chaos or confusion cannot be allowed to justify delaying tactics that deny patients the extraordinary potential of AI. Michael L. Millenson and Jennifer Goldsack, STAT, 23 Oct. 2023 Lawyers for the plaintiffs have accused the diocese, as well as the Archdiocese of New York, which has jurisdiction over the state, of using delay tactics in hopes that aging victims and witnesses will die before the cases are resolved. Sam Roberts, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023 DeSouza and his board were in a tough spot, the first victims of what the company saw as an effort by the EU and the U.S. to use coordinated delay tactics to block large companies pursuing acquisitions. Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 27 July 2023 Well-practiced in legal delay tactics, Mr. Trump could hope to drag out the proceeding so long that a trial does not conclude until after the election. Eric Tucker, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 June 2023 Well-practiced in legal delay tactics, Trump could hope to drag out the proceeding so long that a trial does not conclude until after the election. Eric Tucker, Anchorage Daily News, 21 June 2023

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“Delaying tactic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/delaying%20tactic. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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