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+---
+title: delay
+tags: function,intermediate
+---
+
+Invokes the provided function after `ms` milliseconds.
+
+Use `sleep()` to delay the execution of `fn` by `ms / 1000` seconds.
+
+```py
+from time import sleep
+
+def delay(fn, ms, *args):
+  sleep(ms / 1000)
+  return fn(*args)
+```
+
+```py
+delay(
+  lambda x: print(x),
+  1000,
+  'later'
+) # prints 'later' after one second
+```