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postponement

[pohst-pohn-muhnt, pohs-] / poʊstˈpoʊn mənt, poʊs- /




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The diplomat also questioned whether elections would take place in December and said a postponement remained possible.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

She would have been extremely reluctant to allow an 11th hour postponement after months of preparation and marathon pre-trial legal battles.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

It was the Dodgers’ first postponement of the season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026

But he cited issues, including the company’s recent postponement of a U.S. listing and underutilization of its balance sheet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

Spassky wanted a short postponement before the start of the match.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

The postponements are so frequent and the sums so astronomical that it’s becoming a sport among the literati to come up with new ways to make the numbers make sense.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

According to Bates, supply-chain problems contributed to ongoing postponements — first to 2025 and then to 2026.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

But delays and postponements could also mean transport plans may be disrupted, with matches finishing late into the night with hotel bookings also impacted.

From BBC ● May 9, 2026

Heavy snow in Livigno on Tuesday morning forced a number of postponements, including the women's snowboard slopestyle final and the men's and women's aerials qualifiers in freestyle skiing.

From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026

The other war, the bloody one of twenty years, did not cause them as much damage as the corrosive war of eternal postponements.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez


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