How to Use continuing resolution in a Sentence

continuing resolution

noun

• Before leaving town for its August recess, the House approved a separate continuing resolution that would also fund the government into December.
  — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 8 Aug. 2026
• The continuing resolution passed by a vote of 90-6, including a provision which would block a White House proposal to give political appointees authority to review and approve grants.
  — Emily R. Condon, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2026
• For example, Congress has routinely failed to pass an annual budget on time and instead relies on continuing resolutions, has ceded its war powers responsibilities and has conducted insufficient oversight of the executive branch.
  — Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
• The continuing resolution delays the prohibition on hemp products from November 12 until December 11, giving lawmakers time to regulate the popular consumer products instead of prohibiting them outright.
  — A.j. Herrington, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
• After the shutdown ended on November 12, 2025, a continuing resolution kept all Smithsonian funding alive temporarily, extending it through January 30 at prior-year levels.
  — Camille Borders, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026
• From 2010 through 2021, the Defense Department started the fiscal year under continuing resolutions—temporary funding measures—for 11 of those 12 years, according to the Government Accountability Office.
  — Nancy A. Youssef, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026