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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a delay in submitting" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a postponement or holdup in the act of submitting something, such as a document or application.
Example: "There was a delay in submitting the report, which affected the project's timeline."
Alternatives: "a postponement in submission" or "a holdup in submitting".
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Explaining a delay in submitting a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Hollinger said that the inaccuracies involved the amount, authorization and purpose of what it said were "characterized as noncompete payments".
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India's competition watchdog has imposed a fine of $166,000 on Google for delay in submitting details needed as part of a two-year-old antitrust probe.
Mr. Jaffe said he saw the delay in submitting the final report to Congress as a good sign, suggesting that changes were in the works.
His delay in submitting it was caused less by his early-morning chores as a farmer than by his explorations into the unsuspected vistas opened for him by Hawthorne.
The committee, which examined the ministry's annual report and account for 2011-12, critheised the five month delay in submitting the audited accounts to Parliament and said problems with the MoD's financial accounting were likely to persist until 2014-15 "athehe very earliest".
The rest of the NCIS statement essentially explained the long delay in submitting the report.
Doctors say there are often delays in submitting claims because some insurers require operating room notes or hospital records that are difficult to gather.
We apologize for the time taken to handle your manuscript but one of the reviewers was delayed in submitting.
In my place, when the sub-district delays in submitting their reports, it affects the time I also enter my reports in the DHIMS2.
The incubation period for cryptosporidiosis is long (1 2 weeks), and often delays occur in submitting samples to the laboratory and the subsequent reporting of cases by the laboratories.
Application for registration of the trial via the National Institute for Health Research Integrated Research Application System was submitted on 30 June 2011, but due to a delay in administration, the trial did not appear on the registry until 20 February 2012, shortly after the start of recruitment.
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