How to Use buy time in a Sentence

buy time

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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
• In essence, revenue creates resilience and customers create accountability, while grants merely buy time.
  — Allbusiness, Forbes.com, 1 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
• 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
• 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
• 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