as in later
after the due, usual, or proper time
he always paid his bills, but usually delinquently
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Without being trained on neural data, the model produced a peculiar signal — one that was later discovered in actual brain activity.—
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Lawyers for the county election board responded about two weeks later, saying that the records are held by the county court clerk.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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Kim all but disappeared from public view, until the president declared martial law late one Tuesday night in December 2023, launching the nation – and the couple – into a far bigger crisis.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
28 Jan. 2026
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The committee is currently reviewing feedback from the public comment phase, which ended late last year.—
Ana Castelain,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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The Zhangzhou site will eventually host six Hualong One (HPR1000) reactors.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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For Jones and his sisters, foster care was a soft place to land, and soon his grandparents stepped in, eventually adopting the siblings.—
Libby Smith,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Her nurse scooped her up and ran to put her into a cold bath, and slowly the motions faded.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Even before the layoffs, critics said the office was understaffed and moved too slowly.—
Collin Binkley,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Delinquently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delinquently. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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