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postponement

[pohst-pohn-muhnt, pohs-] / poʊstˈpoʊn mənt, poʊs- /




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Quoting diplomats, the Financial Times said Israel's strikes on Lebanon had led to the postponement but there was no immediate confirmation.

From Barron's Jun. 19, 2026

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 the day wore on, signs of a postponement emerged.

From BBC Apr. 21, 2026

“I think if it’s a long postponement they’d threaten to sue and you’d end up losing the job.”

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

Gadd’s smash hit “Baby Reindeer” hadn’t premiered when the nine-month, five-round search for young Niall and Ruben started, with the success of Gadd’s Emmy-winning Netflix series contributing to various postponements on “Half Man.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 30, 2026

Heavy snow in Livigno on Tuesday morning forced a number of postponements, including the women's snowboard slopestyle final and the men's and women's aerials qualifiers in freestyle skiing.

From Barron's Feb. 17, 2026

Three Conservative-led councils have asked for election postponements and Badenoch said they have their own electoral mandate, adding: "The party that I run is not a dictatorship."

From BBC Jan. 23, 2026

After recent emergencies, EMD handled recovery duties “on an ad hoc basis,” yielding “delays, postponements and possible denial of disaster relief funds,” she wrote.

From Los Angeles Times May 18, 2025

The other war, the bloody one of twenty years, did not cause them as much damage as the corrosive war of eternal postponements.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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