as in to suspend
to bring to a formal close for a period of time
the conference was prorogated until the following morning
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At the time, OpenAI indefinitely suspended FoloToy’s developer access.—
Noelle Harff,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2026 -
Ohio, one of the nation’s data center destination hot spots, is suspending a tax break that has been critical to its competition with other states to attract the massive new facilities that power and train artificial intelligence chatbots.—
Marc Levy,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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Rolling the dice As insurance costs climb, many homeowners are postponing major life decisions and cutting back elsewhere.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2026
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The North American leg of Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE’s Home on the Range tour has been postponed.—
Alex Suskind,
Pitchfork,
5 June 2026
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After the spring session adjourned early Monday, Cunningham, in a sports talk radio interview, described his frustration in working with the Bears through negotiations.—
Jeremy Gorner,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2026
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The members will go into executive session at the end of the meeting and then reconvene to adjourn following the session.—
Emily Harter,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2026
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Stulberg recommends small rituals, like a deep breath or short phrase, to interrupt automatic emotional reactions and give yourself a chance to choose a better response.—
Elise Devlin,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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Iran has been able to interrupt shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a vital channel for a large segment of the world’s oil, natural gas and related products such as fertilizer.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 June 2026
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“Prorogate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prorogate. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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