as in delayed
not arriving, occurring, or settled at the due, usual, or proper time
the response was behindhand, just like everything else the company did
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And when sunrise was artificially delayed by three hours, the rate of the finches' singing intensified and commenced sooner compared with non-delayed sunrises.—
Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 31 Dec. 2025
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Identity data from incidents like this is frequently reused later for delayed fraud.—
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Like the scrappy bird in their nickname, the tenacious Toronto Blue Jays have clawed their way to 45 come-from-behind victories – most in the major leagues – and 87 overall, tops in the American League with under two weeks left in the 2025 campaign.—
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Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022 prompted unified Western sanctions, massive military aid, and rhetorical solidarity, but by late 2025, strategic divergences had widened amid battlefield stalemates, economic fatigue, and diplomatic initiatives.—
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Ahmad Moten was fortunate not to be called for what was clearly a late hit.—
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And now that the Biden-era law requiring airlines to compensate passengers for extensive flight delays has been withdrawn, tardy departures can be even more frustrating.—
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McDaniel has said players have not been tardy to regular meetings involving coaches — something that was a problem last season.—
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The tax collector of the town of Granby has slated them for public auction to satisfy delinquent taxes and charges under state law, according to the town.—
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The delinquent financing totals $21 million, Santa Clara County real estate records show.—
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That’s true historically — Netflix ran a 10K on streaming before Disney could lace up its sneakers, prompting a mad belated frenzy from the Burbank firm to get its own service up and running more than a decade later, in 2019.—
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China, meanwhile, is living with the long shadow of its one-child policy, which was eased to a two-child rule in 2016 and then to a three-child policy in 2021 in a belated push to boost births.—
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Due to our latish start, lunch time coincides with our arrival at the first tower.—
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“Behindhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/behindhand. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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