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Recent Examples of tardy The district will excuse students who are tardy or absent due to traffic delays. Lori Hawkins, Austin American-Statesman, 15 Jan. 2024 After being tardy answering the client’s bar grievance, Terry refunded the $3,000. David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2025 Per Charania, Williamson was tardy in arriving late to the team plane prior to a Thursday flight to Philadelphia. Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025 An 85-year-old couple in Spain was left by the Norwegian Viva after a rainstorm made their excursion tardy. Bridget Read, Curbed, 18 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for tardy
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Adjective
  • Properties aren’t rented solely for leisurely vacations, but also for private events and filming movies, commercials, TV series, music videos, and more.
    Emma Reynolds, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
  • But those with a penchant for leisurely loo visits should take note: The Thrones come with a time limit.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
Adjective
  • Life has likely felt a bit nebulous and slow for you in the past year, Cancer.
    Kyle Thomas, People.com, 18 May 2025
  • Albon asked Williams for information on where Leclerc was likely slow at the restart, looking for a spot to capitalize.
    Luke Smith, New York Times, 18 May 2025
Adjective
  • But beggars can’t be choosers, so Vargas-Keller will be something to watch in round two of the City Series in late July at Sox Park.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
  • Elissa was scheduled for more imaging tests in late August to see whether the tumors responded to the new therapy.
    Kristen Jordan Shamus, USA Today, 19 May 2025
Adjective
  • Reporting meant hours of conversation in the car; room for asking the same questions over and over; the gradual diminishment of one’s embarrassment about being ignorant or uncertain; a dilatory attitude of quiet listening and watching; the possibility of misunderstandings resolved.
    Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
  • He can’t be blamed for the agency’s dilatory response to problems at the plant.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 25 May 2022
Adjective
  • Join 20 others in the comments View Comments And while more than half of the newly delinquent borrowers already had subprime credit scores, 2.4 million others had scores above 620 and saw average negative score changes north of 140 points, New York Fed research showed.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 13 May 2025
  • But with tax roll billing, city officials don’t have to cast an awkward vote to place delinquent bills on the county tax roll.
    Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 7 May 2025
Adjective
  • Scrambling to recall a few staff and issue some belated funding is just window dressing.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Please accept our belated apology.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2025

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“Tardy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tardy. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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