as in postponing
to bring to a formal close for a period of time
the meeting was adjourned by the chairperson until further notice
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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.
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Arkansas Online, 19 Aug. 2025
Arkansas Online, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adjourning
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Consider postponing boating activities on the lake until a day with less wind.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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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
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Placing these workers on leave and now firing or suspending them months later has wasted over 47,000 work hours and $2 million.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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The mayor was one of seven council members who voted to modify the Unity Council and one of six in favor of temporarily suspending the anti-discrimination chapter in city code.—
Rachel Royster
September 2,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Sep. 2025
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It is written in an almost stream-of-consciousness style, rather like someone reluctantly dredging up their memories, with random thoughts interrupting the narrative, long sentences sometimes running to over a page, little punctuation, and peppered with Kobe dialect.—
Ginny Tapley Takemori
September 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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Despite commercial breaks potentially not interrupting big plays in the endzone, fans are not happy.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Adjourning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adjourning. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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