Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Mixed; alloyed; diluted.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
delay .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not as far along as normal in development
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Examples
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Alongside them was something very different, a piece for which the phrase "delayed gratification" might have been invented.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Ivan Hewett 2012
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Because there are only a few primed cells likely to be in any region of tissue at any given time, it takes some time for the inflammatory response to develop and hence the term delayed hypersensitivity response.
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Because there are only a few primed cells likely to be in any region of tissue at any given time, it takes some time for the inflammatory response to develop and hence the term delayed hypersensitivity response.
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"This is what we call delayed or deferred maintenance, which is also a disaster."
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DAVID GROSS, WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER: Teenagers generally have what we call delayed phase sleep syndrome.
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DAVID GROSS, WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER: Teenagers generally have what we call delayed phase sleep syndrome.
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Okinawa by electing a mayor Sunday who campaigned on a promise to oppose the media sharply criticized Toyota's president Saturday for what they called a delayed and unconvincing explanation for the massive
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Okinawa by electing a mayor Sunday who campaigned on a promise to oppose the media sharply criticized Toyota's president Saturday for what they called a delayed and unconvincing explanation for the massive
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Toyota president Akio Toyoda says he plans to seek the understanding of American customers and lawmakers when he appears before a congressional hearing next week in media sharply criticized Toyota's president Saturday for what they called a delayed and unconvincing explanation for the massive
WN.com - Articles related to U.S. grilling to test Toyota chief's mettle 2010
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The media sharply criticized Toyota's president Saturday for what they called a delayed and unconvincing explanation for the massive
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