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delays

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for delays.

Editorial note

The compiler is still free to add data-dependent delays.

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Quick take

an English indie band formed in Southampton, which consisted of brothers Greg Gilbert and Aaron Gilbert, Colin Fox and Rowly until Greg Gilbert's death in 2021.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of delays gathered in one view.

N

an English indie band formed in Southampton, which consisted of brothers Greg Gilbert and Aaron Gilbert, Colin Fox and Rowly until Greg Gilbert's death in 2021.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for delays.

N

an English indie band formed in Southampton, which consisted of brothers Greg Gilbert and Aaron Gilbert, Colin Fox and Rowly until Greg Gilbert's death in 2021.

Example sentences

1

The compiler is still free to add data-dependent delays.

2

You did an excellent job communicating with us exactly what was going on, and why delays were happening.

3

Plenty of delays, overruns, and even decommissioning to make up for it support how poorly-managed this program is.

4

They are currently overweight compared to their wishes (some of the first flight delays were caused by a need to reinforce parts - that means more weight).

5

That just delays the inevitable, the OP has to deal with the root of the problem.

6

Anything that delays shipping is going to contribute to the failure of a startup.

7

If you can get your standard forms processed quickly and properly without a paper-shuffling and delays, that is a huge value in itself.

8

One of the way to catch concurrency issues, is to randomly insert delays around code, and hope it will trigger some rare race condition.

9

Although it's looking like end-user deliverability is not great we are seeing huge delays in things actually getting out of SES.

10

I mean, the people you're meeting would probably be understanding if you were a few minutes late, just because air travel/customs/immigration is so prone to delays outside anyone's control anyway.

11

Business hated it because it caused unexplainable delays.

12

I am sure we can find similar problems with other manufactures when it comes to security of the CAN bus and delays in recalls.

Quote examples

1

Estimation and delays, developer performance, load failures; all kinds of complex systems that exhibit variation that people are usually "winging it" to understand.

2

Rhoads defended the procedure, calling the officers’ actions “on point.” It’s not standard to conduct investigations beforehand because that delays the apprehension of suspects, he told me.

3

> "Anything that delays shipping is going to contribute to the failure of a startup." Edit: forgot a word.

4

Those delays caused management shake-ups, canceled orders and costly payments to customers." Boeing and the world gave Airbus a lot of grief for the schedule slippage of the A380.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use delays in a sentence?

The compiler is still free to add data-dependent delays.

What does delays mean?

an English indie band formed in Southampton, which consisted of brothers Greg Gilbert and Aaron Gilbert, Colin Fox and Rowly until Greg Gilbert's death in 2021.

What part of speech is delays?

delays is commonly used as N.