continuances

plural of continuance

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Recent Examples of continuances Judge Lipner ruled that there would be no further continuances in the case. Christina Dugan Ramirez , Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for continuances
Noun
  • The spacecraft can reach speeds above Mach 20, maintain extreme conditions for longer durations, and sustain heavy g-forces.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Major limitations include small sample sizes and short study durations, a lack of long-term outcome data, mixed or contradictory findings, and a lack of consensus on the optimal dose and schedule, whether that is daily or weekly.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Department intends to stop funding both 2025 new awards and non-competing continuations for these seven grant programs.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Given the success of Demon Hunters, the suggestion of sequels or continuations have, of course, been top of mind for fans and creatives alike.
    Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • To promote what executives described as modern ways of working, Elanco changed blueprint plans several times over the course of half a decade.
    Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The federal government has either shut down or experienced funding gaps 14 times since 1980.
    Kevin Breuninger,Sam Meredith, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But this presumption ignored continuities in the nature of war, such as the enemy’s say in a war’s course of events and its political, human, and psychological complexities.
    H. R. McMaster, Foreign Affairs, 1 June 2020

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“Continuances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/continuances. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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