How to Use buy time in a Sentence

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• For instance, say a healthy food brand buys time on the broadcast.
  — Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
• Restarts buy time now, with natural gas filling the gap; new builds are a bet on later.
  — Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
• But with the national debt now above $40 trillion, the government may have only bought time.
  — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2026
• Someone who wants to know the charges before answering them is always suspected of buying time.
  — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
• In essence, revenue creates resilience and customers create accountability, while grants merely buy time.
  — Allbusiness, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
• State Street's Loo likewise highlighted that intervention can buy time, but not change the long-term trajectory.
  — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026
• Disney says that 58 brands across 34 different categories have bought time during the game, with nine brands advertising for the first time.
  — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2026
• Asked whether Iran is serious about reaching a deal, Rubio suggested its negotiators are seeking to buy time.
  — Tiago Ventura, Time, 28 Apr. 2026
• Regardless, the rhetoric has stabilizing benefits that can effectively buy time.
  — Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
• In his playoff debut against Boston, Östlund grabbed a puck in the neutral zone, carried it into the offensive zone with ease and pivoted to buy time in the corner.
  — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 27 July 2026
• Acclimatisation builds resilience; cooling and hydration buy time.
  — Alan McCall, New York Times, 11 July 2026
• Dropping water levels could imperil the lake's ability to generate electricity, and federal officials have been pulling water out of smaller reservoirs upstream to help buy time.
  — Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2026
• Parties have exploited lulls in fighting to buy time, rebuild capabilities and consolidate political or territorial gains ahead of the next round of conflict.
  — Anthony Wanis-St John, The Conversation, 10 July 2026
• Darcy Totten, the commission’s executive director, said the ban would help buy time for a young person’s brain to develop and better educate them on how to navigate platforms safely.
  — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 13 Aug. 2026
• One source said Netanyahu is highly skeptical that Hamas intends to disarm and believes instead that group is using the framework to buy time and avert another Israeli military campaign.
  — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
• Drawn by recent momentum for live sports and the ongoing ratings clout of the NFL, 58 brands in 34 different categories have bought time, with nine first-time advertisers.
  — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2026
• The dropping water levels could imperil Lake Powell's ability to generate electricity, and federal officials have been pulling water out of smaller reservoirs upstream to help buy time.
  — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
• History demonstrates that Tehran uses negotiations primarily to buy time, relieve pressure, and rebuild its capabilities.
  — Hussain Abdul-Hussain, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2026
• Munonyedi Clifford, the attorney in charge of Legal Aid’s citywide housing practice, tells me the suspensions not only give people another beat to pack up before the marshals arrive, but also buy time to resolve their case.
  — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 12 Aug. 2026