adjournment
noun
ad·journ·ment
ə-ˈjərn-mənt 
1
: the act of adjourning
adjournment of a meeting
2
: the state or interval of being adjourned
a brief adjournment
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Eventually, Boasberg called a forty-minute adjournment and instructed Ensign to get more information from the Department of Homeland Security.
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Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
About 80 government ministers are attending talks that will last 10 days — the longest session yet, with adjournment scheduled for Aug. 14.
—Jennifer McDermott, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
Hall asked for an adjournment and noted that one witness, a police officer, had COVID-19.
—Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 11 July 2025
With another month, at least, before adjournment, here’s what lawmakers have — and have not yet — done on Capitol Hill.
—Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
About 80 government ministers are attending talks that will last 10 days — the longest session yet, with adjournment scheduled for Aug. 14.
—Jennifer McDermott, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
Hall asked for an adjournment and noted that one witness, a police officer, had COVID-19.
—Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 11 July 2025
With another month, at least, before adjournment, here’s what lawmakers have — and have not yet — done on Capitol Hill.
—Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for adjournment
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“Adjournment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adjournment. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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