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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The victory was later overturned into a no-contest while Garcia was suspended for a year by the New York State Athletic Commission.—
Jamie Barton,
CNN Money,
3 May 2025 -
Many Americans suspected an increase in recalls due to the Food and Drug Administration suspending its quality control program as a result of its massive staff cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services, according to a report from Reuters last month.—
Moná Thomas,
People.com,
2 May 2025
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It will either get postponed, or prepare for the entire group not to make it out of the groupchat.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
29 Apr. 2025
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But if the alert lasts more than 30 minutes, the screening is postponed.—
Sonya Vseliubska,
IndieWire,
28 Apr. 2025
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To meet legal requirements, the City Council adjourned its regular Tuesday meeting at 5:30 p.m., called the special meeting to order and voted on the funding repairs, adjourned, then immediately resumed the regular meeting.—
Gary Warth,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2025
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Ho adjourned the case against Adams indefinitely but decided to leave in place the federal corruption indictment hanging over the head of the mayor of America's largest city.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
21 Feb. 2025
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Hudson reportedly interrupted the interview multiple times, according to Pro Football Talk, a subsidiary of NBC Sports.—
Boston Herald Wire Services,
Boston Herald,
1 May 2025
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West famously interrupted Swift’s speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, literally getting on stage and grabbing the mic from her.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Prorogate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prorogate. Accessed 10 May. 2025.
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