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Recent Examples of postponement
How those dates will be affected by the postponement remains unknown until the damage is assessed.
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Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 3 June 2026
Subscriber acquisition prospects when the service went live for Comcast customers in the spring of 2020 and nationally by July were significantly hampered by the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 2 June 2026
Prosecutors handling the criminal case had also requested a postponement of the civil proceedings, but the judge allowed the trial to continue.
—Drew Aunkst, CBS News, 31 May 2026
But unlike municipal financial constraints in Rutland, Framingham, and Northampton, the Nantucket church’s postponement is purely political.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 30 May 2026
The Velocity Invitational motorsport festival returns to Sonoma Raceway this Friday through Sunday after a one-year postponement in 2025.
—Sacbee.com, 27 May 2026
Local police initially detained an innocent school bus conductor before the Central Bureau of Investigation arrested a fellow student, who was accused of carrying out the killing allegedly to secure the postponement of an examination.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 May 2026
Graf nonetheless agreed to the defense team's request for a postponement in the hearing, which is expected to take up to four days — moving it from the week of May 18 to early July.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
There had been a lack of clarity on whether referee Don Robertson had blown the full-time whistle to signal the official ending of the match, with failing to do so opening the possibility of a match postponement and the game not formally being concluded.
—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 16 May 2026
Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 3 June 2026
Subscriber acquisition prospects when the service went live for Comcast customers in the spring of 2020 and nationally by July were significantly hampered by the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 2 June 2026
Prosecutors handling the criminal case had also requested a postponement of the civil proceedings, but the judge allowed the trial to continue.
—Drew Aunkst, CBS News, 31 May 2026
But unlike municipal financial constraints in Rutland, Framingham, and Northampton, the Nantucket church’s postponement is purely political.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 30 May 2026
The Velocity Invitational motorsport festival returns to Sonoma Raceway this Friday through Sunday after a one-year postponement in 2025.
—Sacbee.com, 27 May 2026
Local police initially detained an innocent school bus conductor before the Central Bureau of Investigation arrested a fellow student, who was accused of carrying out the killing allegedly to secure the postponement of an examination.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 May 2026
Graf nonetheless agreed to the defense team's request for a postponement in the hearing, which is expected to take up to four days — moving it from the week of May 18 to early July.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
There had been a lack of clarity on whether referee Don Robertson had blown the full-time whistle to signal the official ending of the match, with failing to do so opening the possibility of a match postponement and the game not formally being concluded.
—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 16 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for postponement
Noun
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Sanfilippo is a fatal pediatric neurodegenerative disorder, with each delay in treatment equaling permanent neurological decline.—
Elise Esposito,
Boston Herald,
29 May 2026
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Artemis program Due to the Mark 1 issues outlined above, there will either be significant delays to, or the need to restructure the early phases of, the Moon Base program.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
29 May 2026
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In the 12 months ended in April, Fitch clocked 99 defaults of various kinds, including interest payment deferrals, maturity extensions under duress, and payments-in-kind instead of cash, as well as more conventional bankruptcies, liquidations and debt-equity swaps.—
Tobias Burns,
CNBC,
28 May 2026
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Of those defaults, 60 percent involved interest payment deferrals or conversion to payment-in-kind arrangements, where borrowers simply add unpaid interest to their principal rather than paying it in cash.—
Mayra Rodriguez Valladares,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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Current borrowers can still pause their loan payments during these periods, but those who take out loans after July 1 will no longer be able to use the unemployment deferment or economic hardship deferment.—
Annie Nova,
CNBC,
31 May 2026
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This includes in-school periods, post-graduation grace periods, default periods, bankruptcy periods, and any deferment and forbearance periods before the most recent consolidation of a borrower’s federal student loans.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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“Postponement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postponement. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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