adjournment

Example Sentences

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The most recent request for an adjournment of a scheduled status conference came in September.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

Boasberg adjourned the hearing so Ensign could gather more information—and the government evidently exploited this adjournment to dispatch the two planes.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2025

His request for adjournment was denied and instead the report was set aside.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2025

Moments before they were to begin presenting their case, they asked for an adjournment.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2025

We still had weeks of argument ahead, but the judges asked for a week’s adjournment.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela