as in delayed
not arriving, occurring, or settled at the due, usual, or proper time
the response was behindhand, just like everything else the company did
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Adjective
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Follow his latest dining adventures on Instagram @keithpandolfi or via the At the Table newsletter.—
Keith Pandolfi,
The Enquirer,
30 July 2025 -
Residents can request late billing, where the fee will not be due until two years after construction is completed, Rutenbeck said.—
Alyssa N. Salcedo,
jsonline.com,
30 July 2025
Adjective
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Wiegman’s team selections have been questioned; her apparently tardy use of the substitutes bench was cited as the problem in journalists’ hastily deleted early drafts of match reports from the Sweden and Italy games.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
26 July 2025
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In plain English, the union says company negotiators have been tardy to bargaining sessions, sometimes by as many as 60 minutes, and aren’t always showing up with counterproposals.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2025
Adjective
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The Department’s data are not final cohort default rates but rather a proxy using interim data: the percentage of borrowers who entered repayment after January 2020 and were either in default or more than 90 days delinquent as of May 2025.—
Robert Farrington,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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Getty/Newsweek Between January and March, 13.7 percent of student loan borrowers were 90 or more days delinquent on their payments, while 23.7 percent were behind on payments but less than 90 days delinquent.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 June 2025
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Scrambling to recall a few staff and issue some belated funding is just window dressing.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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Please accept our belated apology.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Behindhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/behindhand. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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