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as in lingering
to move or act slowly
she ordered the kids to stop delaying and to get to bed
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as in postponing
to assign to a later time
our guests delayed their departure until after dinner
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Recent Examples of delaying
The company is a major investor in OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, and a report in The New York Times suggested OpenAI is considering delaying an initial public offering of its stock to next year from the second half of this year.
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Stan Choe,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2026
The company is a major investor in OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, and a report in The New York Times suggested OpenAI is considering delaying an initial public offering of its stock to next year from the second half of this year.
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Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
Tech led broad market declines on Friday after The New York Times reported that OpenAI was considering delaying its initial public offering until next year.
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Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
26 June 2026
First Up OpenAI is leaning toward delaying its IPO from later this year to next year, The New York Times reported, after SpaceX’s rocky debut and a tech market slump.
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Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
Perhaps coincidentally, OpenAI is considering delaying its IPO, The New York Times reported, with executives unnerved by SpaceX’s volatile debut and stock-market choppiness.
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Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
26 June 2026
However, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) stepped in to recommend delaying license auctions for the upper band until after the World Radiocommunication Conference in 2027 (WRC-27).
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Stephen Cousins,
IEEE Spectrum,
25 June 2026
And while research shows that exercise supports healthy sleep by regulating body temperature, mood, metabolism and circadian rhythm, Weiner cautions that exercising too close to bedtime can interfere with sleep by delaying sleep onset, shortening sleep duration and lowering overall sleep quality.
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Sharon Brandwein,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
The remaining providers are stretched thin, and patients are traveling farther for care — often delaying prenatal visits or arriving in labor without adequate support.
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Jocelyn Mitchell-Williams,
STAT,
19 June 2026
Stan Choe,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2026
The company is a major investor in OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, and a report in The New York Times suggested OpenAI is considering delaying an initial public offering of its stock to next year from the second half of this year.
—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
Tech led broad market declines on Friday after The New York Times reported that OpenAI was considering delaying its initial public offering until next year.
—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
26 June 2026
First Up OpenAI is leaning toward delaying its IPO from later this year to next year, The New York Times reported, after SpaceX’s rocky debut and a tech market slump.
—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
Perhaps coincidentally, OpenAI is considering delaying its IPO, The New York Times reported, with executives unnerved by SpaceX’s volatile debut and stock-market choppiness.
—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
26 June 2026
However, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) stepped in to recommend delaying license auctions for the upper band until after the World Radiocommunication Conference in 2027 (WRC-27).
—
Stephen Cousins,
IEEE Spectrum,
25 June 2026
And while research shows that exercise supports healthy sleep by regulating body temperature, mood, metabolism and circadian rhythm, Weiner cautions that exercising too close to bedtime can interfere with sleep by delaying sleep onset, shortening sleep duration and lowering overall sleep quality.
—
Sharon Brandwein,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
The remaining providers are stretched thin, and patients are traveling farther for care — often delaying prenatal visits or arriving in labor without adequate support.
—
Jocelyn Mitchell-Williams,
STAT,
19 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for delaying
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But for a growing number of older people, those retirement years are arriving with lingering debt problems attached.
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Irving remains on the roster amid lingering questions about his future after missing all of last season.
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Consider postponing boating activities on the lake until a day with less wind.
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Those who keep postponing the conversation risk leaving their heirs not a fortune but a locked archive whose contents can only be guessed at.
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Compounding concerns, California officials say the Department of Transportation is dragging its feet.
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One small habit that has helped me tremendously is dragging important emails directly into my calendar.
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History is replete with wars that end in interim agreements, deferring difficult issues to future negotiations, only for the interim arrangement to become permanent.
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The county’s cost-saving measures include eliminating vacant positions, cutting programs, deferring maintenance projects, increasing revenue and implementing layoffs.
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Calderón, a big, bald man wearing a gold chain and cross-shaped earrings, sat off to the side, amid an entourage of muscular assistants in polo shirts, poking at his phone.
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If their edges are poking out from your ice sphere, your ice will melt and break apart faster.
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The Germans were crawling as far as the street, dashing across the asphalt, then leaping into the second trench.
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Jude Cornell joined a swarm of toddlers crawling after soccer balls, tossing training cones into the air and relocating a goalie net that was proving to be very, very portable.
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“Delaying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delaying. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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