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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Despite the extra funding, the budget continues a trend of relying on reserves, shifting funds, borrowing and suspending debt payments to balance state spending.
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Earlier this month, Anthropic disabled customer access to both Mythos and Fable to comply with the US government’s order to suspend all use by foreign nationals — including Anthropic employees themselves.
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After a nearly 12 hour meeting, the board opted to postpone changes to the majority of high school social studies curriculum to a later meeting.
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Advertisement Ann Korchak, board president of owner advocacy group Small Property Owners of New York, said in a statement to the media that the RGB should have postponed the vote until Smyth, the landlord representative, was replaced.
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The team’s board of directors approved the out-of-state move less than a week after the Illinois legislature adjourned without taking up a last-ditch Senate bill that would have allowed Arlington Heights or Chicago to enter into a public-private ownership deal with the NFL franchise.
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Beijing is not waiting for the planning commission to adjourn.
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One of their most important scenes takes place on a boat ride that is interrupted by Ryder and ends up with both men in the lake.
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Once again, Ryder interrupts the pair and ultimately forces Tom to believe that Mary would be better off marrying Ryder, who has recently come into quite a fortune.
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“Prorogate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prorogate. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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