adjourn

Example Sentences

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Before we adjourn, a final question: What will next year’s healthcare roundtable focus on?

From Barron's • Sep. 26, 2025

They all agreed that they would get rid of this hot potato, adjourn quickly and go home for the holidays.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2024

“It’s up to them whether they vote. They could immediately adjourn and be done with it, and say, ‘We’ve convened, thank you.’”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2024

Judge Talog Davies accepted a request from the defence to adjourn sentencing for a pre-sentence report to be compiled.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2024

On his forty-first move Spassky decided to adjourn the game: This would enable him to take advantage of overnight analysis.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady