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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
  • Then, take a leisurely stroll through Stavanger’s Old Town, soaking in the atmosphere of times past.
    Atlas Ocean Voyages, AFAR Media, 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
  • 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
  • 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
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
  • This comes as borrowers who are seriously delinquent are now being put into collections.
    Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 May 2025
  • For super prime borrowers — or those with credit scores above 780 — who were seriously delinquent, scores sank as much as 175 points.
    Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 5 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 23 May. 2025.

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