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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His research later expanded into flexible electronics, liquid metal electronics, microsupercapacitors, and lithium-ion batteries.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
What Coulter wants is the inverse, with the child taking the book unaccompanied and the parent free to learn of it later, or not.

— Robert Steinbuch, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026

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Lending Tree fund 47% of buy now, pay later users were late paying back a loan in the last year.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026
Goedert said Hurts killed the play late in the play clock, a testament to what Hurts observed before the snap that echoed part of his Saturday conversation with Brady.

— Zach Berman, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

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Cumbia, a vibrant blend of music and dance, took shape along its banks at El Banco, where drummers still play the rhythms that traveled downstream to Barranquilla and eventually the rest of the world.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026
The report, while not binding, adds to international evidence gathered about crimes in the war in Iran, and could eventually be used in efforts to reach justice in international courts.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026

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