late arrival
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflateandarrival
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late
adjective
adverb
uk/leɪt/us/leɪt/
(happening or being) near the end of a period ...
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arrival
noun
uk/əˈraɪ.vəl/us/əˈraɪ.vəl/
the fact of ...
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(Definition oflateandarrivalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoflate arrival
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Twentieth-century modernism was alatearrival, in visual art and in literature.
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Latearrivaland uncertain weather meant that investigations had to be completed quickly and the 'low-lying sun' restricted photography.
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The project was further delayed by thelatearrivalof teaching manuals, the beginning of the rainy season and staff problems.
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Clusterbean is the most important intercrop, especially when sowing is delayed by thelatearrivalof seasonal rains.
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But the need for an unconscious, intermediary level in the evolutionary story is nothing other than the other head of their initial postulate, namely, that consciousness is alatearrival.
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Deshon maintained his innocence aboutlatearrivalof the letters of notification.
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My biggest worry about thelatearrivalof the new schedule and the associated changes is the absence of a proper cost assessment.
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This is due, in my view, to thelatearrivalof normal spring weather and the shortage of feed.
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Another problem that is tied up with underpayments is thelatearrivalof benefits.
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It was a verylatearrivalon the scene.
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I apologise for mylatearrival, which was due to train failure.
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The weather was responsible for mylatearrival.
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The averagelatearrivalof trains on this route has, during the last month, been reduced by more than one half, to eight minutes.
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I apologise for mylatearrival, which was again due to problems with trains.
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Nothing is easier than for alatearrivalto point to what could have or should have or might have been done.
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The accounts that are produced from time to time by nationalised bodies have been criticised, in some cases for theirlatearrival.
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Some of the costs of that congestion are obvious and can be quantified—for example, thelatearrivalof staff.
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But date of delivery is important with greetings cards and the purpose of this campaign is to avoid the disappointment caused by theirlatearrival.
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But thislatearrivalon the threshold gives us one kind of advantage, it seems to me.
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It apologises for thelatearrivalof these forms.
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