DELINQUENTLY Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

delinquently

adverb

as in later

after the due, usual, or proper time he always paid his bills, but usually delinquently

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Four pitches later, Tim Tawa launched a 414-foot blast to left-center for his sixth homer.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
Detectives later learned the same man had also been involved in a similar incident earlier that day at Sun & Shade in Folsom, where an employee reported the behavior.

— Madisen Keavy, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of later

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Meanwhile, Iraqi pro-militia outlet Naya late on Monday reported an explosion in Kuwait overnight that could be heard in Basrah Province.

— Mike Sheen, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026
The Falcons were conducting a two-minute drill late in their seventh practice of training camp when Walker fell while rounding the corner on a pass rush.

— Josh Kendall, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of late

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The judges eventually discuss the clothes — but there, too, things get dramatic, with a lot of disagreement between Law and the other judges.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026
Hunt and her team eventually traced the genetic changes to a new cleaning method eroding the polycarbonate cages that housed the animals.

— Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of eventually

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But that effort has moved slowly in the months since, spurring frustration among some White House and health officials that HHS doesn’t yet have any significant progress for the administration to tout, two administration officials said.

— Adam Cancryn, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Once the plastic ends up in a landfill, the tubes slowly fragment into microplastics that can get into the air, soil, and water.

— Anne Makovec, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026

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