repeated delays

collocation in English

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repeated
adjective
uk
/rɪˈpiː.tɪd/us
/rɪˈpiː.t̬ɪd/
happening again ...
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delay
noun[C or U]
uk
/dɪˈleɪ/us
/dɪˈleɪ/
the situation in which you have to wait longer than expected for something to happen, or the time that you have ...
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(Definition ofrepeatedanddelayfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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From the late 1980s when pro-market reforms arrived on the agenda the process was plagued by repeated delays.
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There are repeated delays and cancellations and the service is generally unreliable.
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Firstly, there have in some cases been significant and repeated delays, not attributable to any individual's deliberate wishes, in mobilising and implementing appropriations over the last few years.
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However, after repeated delays and at least two official publication dates, the series remained unpublished.
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Due to a series of financial and political issues, the process was hampered by repeated delays.
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The state funeral ceremony was planned for late 2006, but with repeated delays, no ceremony was held or materialized.
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Much of this was due to repeated delays while studio executives debated how to market it.
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The film's release went through repeated delays while studio executives debated how to market it.
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The series originally ran with 3 issues a year with repeated delays, but has now been changed to a bimonthly schedule.
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After repeated delays the projected fourth volume was eventually abandoned, or at least not completed; an early manuscript may have been lost in a fire.
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The ships took an exceptionally long time from launch to delivery and the construction has been fraught with repeated delays.
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After repeated delays, the booklet was published.
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