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delayed

adjective as in held up

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Like Sony Entertainment's The Interview, political pressure delayed the arrivale of foreign films in Korea.

Then he'd call back the next day and say the trip had been delayed.

While difficult to estimate exact numbers, thousands of Americans die every year because of delayed or denied claims.

And it merely delayed the apocalyptic maelstrom that followed rather than preventing it.

We are looking at the results of what happens when justice is delayed or denied.

Then it appears that the rebels delayed their attack until the arrival of their chief, hourly expected.

Ordinarily the diazo appears a little earlier than the Widal reaction—about the fourth or fifth day—but it may be delayed.

Coagulation is notably delayed in hemophilia and icterus and after administration of citric acid.

Each hour that he delayed the revelation he felt himself almost as guilty as he had held his mother to be.

It is delayed in most organic diseases of the stomach, especially in dilatation and carcinoma, but not in neuroses.

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On this page you'll find 27 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to delayed, such as: deferred, postponed, slowed, late, and put off.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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