brief delay

collocation in English

meaningsofbriefanddelay

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brief
adjective
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/briːf/us
/briːf/
lasting only a short time or containing ...
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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 ofbriefanddelayfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbrief delay

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After abriefdelay, children were given an elicited production task.
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Thus, in our study, children were required to represent the novel label, both phonologically and semantically, and then retrieve that label after abriefdelay.
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Does not the resolution say that if they were not withdrawn, the frontier would be opened after abriefdelay?
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In both cases, the production of an alleged brown toxin appears after abriefdelay.
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During thebriefdelaythe monkey had to use either object recognition memory, or contextual memory to remember where the reward was located.
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He is not caught, but his actions cause only abriefdelayin the project.
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After abriefdelayto clear the field, play resumed with seven seconds shown on the clock.
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The alternate activates its output and takes over from the primary after abriefdelaywhen the activity message ceases.
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There is abriefdelayfrom the source to the receiver, which becomes more noticeable as distances increase.
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After impact and abriefdelaythe mine self-rights and after another delay it arms itself.
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Tarquini went off the circuit and after abriefdelayresumed near the back of the field before returning his car to the pits to retire.
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Virtualization is far more frequently used with network services and user applications, and these can generally tolerate the brief delays which may be involved.
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