Delay
Delay verb - To move or act slowly.
Lead to
Both terms in one sentence
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This could sometimes delay unification by a decade, and also lead to Jutland being absorbed into Germany.
- Rather than having a purely random system (which can often lead to encounters at every other step), there will be a built in minimum delay between each encounter.
Source: Mercy Invincibility - Delay of game infractions in American football are charged on the offense when they allow the play clock to run out without snapping the ball as a way to prevent a team in the lead to just sit on the ball for huge chunks of time.
Source: Not the Intended Use
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Lead to and Delay. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/delay/lead_to
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