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Suspend execution of the current thread for a period of at least the specified (relative) `sleepTime`, or an interrupting signal is received. Note that the actual time suspended depends on many factors including system scheduling and system timer resolution.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslmt_threadutil.h>`

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