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Example sentences for: delaying

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These debates, though, had little impact in advancing or delaying efforts to make the Predator ready for combat.
An article notes an unpublicized cost of the General Motors strike: It is delaying the launch of GM's new sport utility vehicle, the GMT800.
Options included canceling the development program, delaying the decision until all criteria were met, or moving ahead with a detailed plan to achieve criteria not met by a specific time when leadership would revisit the other options.
However, delaying the intervention and post-test should create a less pronounced test/re-test bias, if it exists.
Detractors have pointed out that the only significant amendment to the bill ended up delaying the pipeline's closure by a year.