postponement
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Both systems also face a postponement of increases in funding promised in the past — unchanged from the first version of the budget in January.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
The proposal includes the U.S.’s lifting of its naval blockade of Iranian ports and the postponement of nuclear negotiations, according to officials familiar with the matter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
As injury and the postponement of races caused by the coronavirus pandemic left Sawe struggling to make a living through running, his uncle, Uganda's 800m record holder Abraham Chepkirwok, put him in touch.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
He also attributed the tepid response in oil prices to an expectation of “a last-minute postponement, maybe not a deal, but a postponement allowing the two sides to continue talking.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026
“Hey, Zig, could you get me a postponement on the Stepford Wives? There’s this other thing that’s come up.”
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
Vocabulary lists containing postponement
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ment
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