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postponement

noun as in putting off or delaying

noun as in a stay or pause

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He thanked the crowd for hanging with the festival’s postponement — “I know it wasn’t ideal,” he said — and for “rocking with us for 11 years” of Flog Gnaw.

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"The reading carries heightened importance following the postponement of October's personal consumption expenditures report, originally scheduled for 26 November, which removes a key datapoint from policymakers' assessment framework," wrote IG market analyst Fabien Yip.

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But these postponements mean that policymakers will not receive the latest government data on both fronts before their December 9-10 gathering.

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In July, the WBO had ordered negotiations for a mandatory defence against interim champion Joseph Parker of New Zealand, only for a back injury sustained by Usyk to force the postponement of the fight.

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Health issues, which led to a postponement of her December Las Vegas residency, prevented Parton from attending in person.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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