Sentence examples for almost delayed from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "almost delayed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where something was nearly late or postponed but ultimately was not.
Example: "The train was almost delayed due to the heavy snowfall, but it managed to stay on schedule."
Alternatives: "nearly late" or "close to being delayed".

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TRUMP: Well, I almost delayed this.

In fact the series was almost delayed because the president was deemed too decent and forthright.

Google's IPO was almost delayed that same year after the search-firm's founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page (pictured below), gave an interview to Playboy.

The scheduled release date for Axis was almost delayed when Hendrix lost the master tape of side one of the LP, leaving it in the back seat of a London taxi.

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"Without them, payment is going to be difficult and almost invariably delayed.

But such briefings over the years were almost always delayed for broadcast.

Manufacturers consume 40percentt of the electricity generated in the United States, according to the National Association of Manufacturers, and the blackout almost certainly delayed production at dozens of plants.

Those issues have added resonance today, with potential expansions at Texas' two nuclear plants almost certainly delayed in the wake of the crisis in Japan.

Newspapers continually run horror stories about how people have been needlessly harmed or killed because of inadequate or almost criminally delayed care.

Therefore, stage 5 neurons of mutant mice are neurons whose final differentiation is almost indefinitely delayed by the absence of PC3/Tis21 activity.

Gross motor development was also almost invariably delayed, with grossly similar patterns among different groups.

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