sine die
Example Sentences
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“On sine die, that was a death sentence,” she said, referring to the final day of the 90-day session.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2022
“The General Assembly has until they adjourn sine die to reconsider their decision to reject the most qualified Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources in many years,” spokeswoman Macaulay Porter wrote in an email.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 2, 2022
It will come as no surprise that from my perspective, the 114 Congress should pass a short term Continuing Resolution and then get its work done before it adjourns sine die.
From US News ● Jul. 14, 2016
The deal may go through more contortions, even a rejection or two, and some tweaking before approval on the eve of Christmas as the historic 111th Congress adjourns sine die.
From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2010
That case was adjourned, and, as the sequel proved sine die, for no further notice was taken.
From Adventures of Working Men From the Notebook of a Working Surgeon by George Manville Fenn
