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
At the same time, they were hardly shocked at Ye’s belated attempt to seize control of the project.
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Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2022
Accounts of Tedros’s belated shift on China may be unlikely to win over his critics.
—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
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Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2022
Accounts of Tedros’s belated shift on China may be unlikely to win over his critics.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for belated
Adjective
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Emotional well-being is the theme of the show’s latest season, and all three have comforting words for Angelenos reeling from the recent fires.—
Sammy Roth,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2025
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Foreign affairs police and Interpol coordinated to free the women in late January.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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After being tardy answering the client’s bar grievance, Terry refunded the $3,000.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
6 Feb. 2025
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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
Adjective
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Specifically, Werfel announced that the IRS had successfully pursued 175 delinquent tax cases for millionaires, generating $38 million in recoveries—a few months later, the agency noted that the compliance effort had generated more than $1 billion in collections.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes,
12 Feb. 2025
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Five and a half pages in the Jordan Independent included the delinquent tax notice for Scott County for 1994.—
Bernice Hoffman,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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To the extent that this ignites a conversation about how best to direct billions in American assistance abroad, the move is long overdue.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
8 Feb. 2025
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Beyoncé finally winning album of the year was long overdue and a highlight of my night.—
Rebecca Cohen,
NBC News,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Belated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belated. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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