PROROGATE Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

prorogate

verb

ˈprō-rə-ˌgāt

Definition of prorogate

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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Players who receive a red can still be suspended for the next game/games, depending on the severity of the infraction.

— The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 22 July 2026
In Montana, Marshall Bloom, an associate director at Rocky Mountain Labs, told the Ravalli County Board of Health in a July meeting that the scientists have been suspended and aren’t allowed on campus amid an internal NIH investigation.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 22 July 2026

Definition of suspend

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Friday’s dinner was a smaller-scale redo of the April 26 black-tie affair that was postponed after a gunman tried to rush into the ballroom of the Washington Hilton hotel.

— Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
His meeting with Vega at the hotel bar later on confirms he’s only postponed and reshaped the violence on the horizon, not prevented it.

— Andy Andersen, Vulture, 24 July 2026

Definition of postpone

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The committee adjourned without taking any action, but Madigan was later convicted on corruption charges and is serving a 7 1/2-year federal prison sentence.

— Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026
An inquest into the death of former Sheffield United footballer Maddy Cusack has been adjourned until December after new evidence became available.

— Polly Rippon, New York Times, 9 July 2026

Definition of adjourn

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