Delayed

Some consequences do not begin showing up until long after the action ends, so any measure taken while the work is fresh will miss them. Name the effect whose onset is deferred and the lag before it surfaces.

Some consequences do not begin showing up until long after the action ends, so any measure taken while the work is fresh will miss them. Name the effect whose onset is deferred and the lag before it surfaces.

Example

In the exam case, the deferred effect is forgetting: crammed material decays over about six months. So you write a success line of 70% recall on 20 held-out questions tested in February, not the score you post next week.