A party seeking additional time to appear or plead, or to compel the acceptance of a pleading untimely served, must make "a showing of reasonable excuse for delay or default" (CPLR 3012 [d]; 2004; see Nouveau El. Indus., Inc. v Tracey Towers Hous. Co.,
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