Delay
Delay noun - An instance or period of being prevented from going about one's business.
Expeditions is an antonym for delay.
Expeditions
Both words in one sentence
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The novels explain that the vampires attempted to delay their inevitable decline with increasingly ambitious projects, from building miles-tall high-rises to sending expeditions to other galaxies, even though it would take thousands of years and serve no practical purpose.
Source: Light Novel / Vampire Hunter D
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Expeditions and Delay. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/delay/expeditions
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