adjourning

present participle of adjourn

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of adjourning The airport Board of Directors approved the agreement before adjourning a special meeting called for the purpose of negotiating an agreement. Arkansas Online, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adjourning
Verb
  • Consider postponing boating activities on the lake until a day with less wind.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The Windy City has prepared for more than a week for looming National Guard deployments and Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids, from the governor bracing for a court fight to parade planners postponing.
    Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Pausing or suspending your inclusion work will cost you in the long-term.
    Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • For breakfast and lunch, there’s Gulf shrimp in a moat of creamy grits and massive triangles of quiche suspending earthy layers of collard greens.
    The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • When the material is loaded up with pain killers and/or anti-inflammatory drugs, they would be released as the hydrogel softens, interrupting the pain pathway and bringing relief to patients.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The only problem is that interrupting people’s work and putting them in a room together doesn’t do anything positive for your culture by itself.
    Joe Moglia, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Adjourning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adjourning. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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