as in to postpone
to assign to a later time
we'll have to lay over a discussion of the issue until the next meeting
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Recent Examples of layover
Chris Lau, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
Students, creators, and travelers can charge a phone, tablet, and earbuds together, then top up the bank during a layover to stay powered through connections.
—Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 16 Sep. 2025
Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
By contrast, Doom: The Dark Ages opens with a text wall laid over black, filling in some lore about the eponymous Doom Slayer with the whistling winds of a storm brewing in the background.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025
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Noun
According to booking site Skyscanner, the quickest flight from Shanghai to Buenos Aires, offered by Air France and Lufthansa, takes nearly 31 hours, with a layover either in Paris or Amsterdam.
—Chris Lau, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
Students, creators, and travelers can charge a phone, tablet, and earbuds together, then top up the bank during a layover to stay powered through connections.
—Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
In the end, his beautiful story solutions are formulaic fixes laid over those details, meant to do little more than the eternal work of cajoling the audience into rooting for the leading players.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
By contrast, Doom: The Dark Ages opens with a text wall laid over black, filling in some lore about the eponymous Doom Slayer with the whistling winds of a storm brewing in the background.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for layover
Noun
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Word of Starbucks cafe closures is rippling across Southern California, with social media posts and letters in café doorways alerting customers that their coffee stop is soon to be no more.—
Samantha Gowen,
Oc Register,
26 Sep. 2025
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Aside from Gaza, a topic that protesters brought up at Harris’ New York stop (but not Philadelphia), its base is urging against any big change, whether to the left or right.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The decision to play the game would always have been player-led; there were no discussions to postpone and both clubs have psychological support on hand.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
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Several other celebrations in the Windy City and its suburbs were postponed, citing safety concerns amid immigration enforcement operations.—
Nicole Chavez,
CNN Money,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Following its stopover in Australia in late July, the British carrier participated in a large-scale exercise in the Philippine Sea from August 4-12 with American and Japanese carrier vessels capable of operating F-35B and F-35C jets.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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Abu Dhabi also offers a stopover program, which provides customers with a free hotel night to spend extra days in the city before connecting to another flight.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Production began in early 2024 after being delayed by the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strikes.—
Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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Trump has frequently used tariffs as part of foreign policy negotiations in his second term, but many of them were reduced or delayed.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
Verb
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At 48 years old, the veteran has been used to put over the next generation of superstars.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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The market is putting over 85% odds on a cut, according to the CME FedWatch tool.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Due to financial concerns, Supervisor Phil Serna led a motion to defer the discussion until after the 2025-2026 county budget passed.—
Emma Hall,
Sacbee.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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In fact, while European drug regulators strongly encourage companies to disclose clinical trial data early in the process, firms can defer the release of study data for up to seven years after trial completion or until the drug goes on the market – whichever occurs first.—
Lucy Xiaolu Wang,
The Conversation,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Layover.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/layover. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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