postponement
Example Sentences
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Postponement of childbearing, or not having children at all, may be fueling the rise, said Rebecca Siegel, senior scientific director of surveillance research at the American Cancer Society.
From New York Times • May 9, 2023
Postponement is uncommon for the league, despite injuries.
From Slate • Jan. 3, 2023
Postponement of Justin Bieber’s concert, planned for Thursday, comes days after the Justice World Tour’s Sunday show in Las Vegas met the same fate.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2022
Postponement notices for non-emergency appointments are already going out to patients.
From Washington Post • May 11, 2022
Postponement would mean terrible inconvenience to everybody, but it would be better to suffer such inconvenience than to enter into a dismal marriage because one was reluctant to upset arrangements.
From The Foolish Lovers by Ervine, St. John G. (St. John Greer)
Vocabulary lists containing postponement
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