as in suspended
to bring to a formal close for a period of time
the conference was prorogated until the following morning
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Vitello himself was suspended four games by the NCAA for chest-bumping an umpire during an argument in 2022.—
Evan Webeck,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025 -
High beef prices are attributed to factors like drought and suspended livestock imports from Mexico.—
Mackensy Lunsford,
Nashville Tennessean,
23 Oct. 2025
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Charles and Camilla were supposed to pay a state visit to the Vatican in early April, but the trip was postponed over Pope Francis’ poor health.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, eight days after Apple postponed The Savant, FBI director Kash Patel shuttered the very real (though, secretive) program — a partnership with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) — on which the series (and the Cosmopolitan story) is based.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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And this was interrupted by gunfire.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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Those plans are interrupted, though, when his daughter (Selena Gomez) falls in love with a human (Andy Samberg).—
Chris Snellgrove,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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The federal government had to shut down after the Senate adjourned with no funding resolution for the new fiscal year, starting on October 1, as both political parties continued to block the other's stopgap proposals.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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The International Maritime Organization adjourned its meeting Friday.—
Boston Herald Wire Services,
Boston Herald,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Prorogated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prorogated. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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