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

Shortly after October's court adjournment, the club's ownership claimed they had secured funding which would arrive "within 12 days" but ultimately that failed to materialise.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025

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

However, the musician's lawyers suggested they might request a two-week adjournment, saying that prosecutors had yet to hand over some 200,000 emails relating to one of Combs' alleged victims.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2025

The motion was overruled, but the House voted for a brief adjournment.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson