postpone

Example Sentences

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Freezing weather meant Nasa had to postpone the first full dress rehearsal as it was too cold to fuel the SLS rocket.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

The net effect is that 21% of the respondents in the sample decided to postpone their retirements.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

The war is set to postpone Qatar’s North Field expansion, highlighting LNG infrastructure’s unique fragility and repair difficulty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Paris St-Germain have asked to postpone their Ligue 1 game against title rivals Lens which is sandwiched between the two legs of their Champions League quarter-final against Liverpool.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

But the demands of feeding her three children were so acute she had to postpone her anger for two years until she had both the time and the energy for it.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison