He had a very 'delayed' reaction to the medication. [=a reaction that did not happen immediately]
The nurse apologized for the 'delay' [='wait'] and said that the doctor would be in shortly.
Production problems 'delayed' the introduction of the new model by several months.
(..) balance controls don't seem to help me. l'm keeping this in real time. Switch me over to an on-line status and l'll do it manually. You've got a three-millisecond cycle delay which should be computed in. l don't know what to do if the stagecoach is late. Oh! lt's fantastic! (..)1973 Westworld