as in delayed
not arriving, occurring, or settled at the due, usual, or proper time
a belated birthday card
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Recent Examples of belated
Accounts of Tedros’s belated shift on China may be unlikely to win over his critics.
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Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2021
Nikole Hannah-Jones has rejected a contentious and belated offer of a tenured faculty p0sition at the University of North Carolina (UNC) and will join the faculty at Howard University instead.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 6 July 2021
Nothing has reminded me of Russia quite so much as the Trump Administration’s belated effort to encourage Americans to vaccinate.
—Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2020
Then my friend Karen and her daughter Sophia stopped by to bring me a belated birthday present.
—Karina Bland, azcentral, 25 Mar. 2020
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Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2021
Nikole Hannah-Jones has rejected a contentious and belated offer of a tenured faculty p0sition at the University of North Carolina (UNC) and will join the faculty at Howard University instead.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 6 July 2021
Nothing has reminded me of Russia quite so much as the Trump Administration’s belated effort to encourage Americans to vaccinate.
—Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2020
Then my friend Karen and her daughter Sophia stopped by to bring me a belated birthday present.
—Karina Bland, azcentral, 25 Mar. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for belated
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The city’s 3-K program, for three-year-olds, is not yet universal, owing to Mayor Eric Adams’s budget austerity; his latest budget proposal leaves 3-K with a funding gap of a hundred and twelve million dollars.—
Jessica Winter,
The New Yorker,
18 Jan. 2025
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Hollywood’s latest attempt at rebooting Wolf Man certainly doesn’t lack for pedigree, between Blumhouse and writer-director Leigh Whannell, the duo behind 2020’s The Invisible Man, which was a surprise hit in earning north of $144 million globally.—
Pamela McClintock,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Jan. 2025
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Experts come up to your door like a tardy caroling group, come around to offer their vast expertise.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025
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In his first public comments since Monday night’s team meeting, in which guard Tyrese Maxey spoke to Embiid about being tardy to team functions, and Tuesday’s reports of that meeting.—
Tony Jones,
The Athletic,
21 Nov. 2024
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What that means for finishing it Stalled CT apartment conversion pays delinquent property taxes.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
9 Jan. 2025
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Such matters could include approval of repeating expenditures, liens on delinquent members, routine contract renewals, or anything else which is not expected to be controversial.—
Kelly G. Richardson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Jan. 2025
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The 2025 Super Bowl will be held at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, home to the New Orleans Saints — and the location is long overdue.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
19 Jan. 2025
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Murthy’s warning is a needed and long overdue step toward helping Americans better understand the effects of even moderate drinking.—
Lisa Jarvis,
Twin Cities,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Belated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belated. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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