adjourned
Example Sentences
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On Saturday, a High Court judge said a legal appeal by Orangemen following the secretary of state's decision was not an emergency case and adjourned the hearing until Monday.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Judge William Sullivan adjourned the hearing until November 2 and raised the possibility of setting a new trial date depending on how he rules on the defense's motion.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
Maddy's inquest had already been delayed twice when the coroner adjourned it after a little under two weeks in July.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
The meeting has to take place before 31 December as per reports, after the previous one was adjourned for lack of quorum, but no new date has yet been announced.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Before we adjourned our meeting, a history student at the university stood up.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
