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adjourned

[uh-jurnd] / əˈdʒɜrnd /
ADJECTIVE
deferred
Synonyms
STRONGEST
delayed negotiated postponed
STRONG
assessed charged pigeonholed prolonged protracted remanded renegotiated scrubbed stalled temporized
WEAK
held up in waiting indebted on hold on the shelf staved off
Antonyms
WEAK
advanced forwarded furthered hastened hurried
ADJECTIVE
postponed
Synonyms
STRONGEST
delayed suspended
STRONG
intermitted prorogued scrubbed shelved tabled withheld
WEAK
on hold put off

Example Sentences

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Instead, a spokesperson pointed to public remarks Kotek made in support of public funding for the Blazers arena as the Legislature adjourned.

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026

Judge Mr Justice Dias adjourned sentencing to a date to be fixed.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

“We’ve been exchanging creative and positive ideas in Geneva today, and now both US and Iranian negotiators have adjourned for a break,” Oman’s Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi said on X External link.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

The inquest was adjourned until a further pre-inquest review hearing on 29 April.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

"The Woman Question. My pamphlet, 'On the Woman Question in the United States,' will be your guide. And now, Brothers," he said, his eyes sweeping around the table, "the meeting is adjourned."

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison