prorogued

verb

past tense of prorogue
as in suspended
to bring to a formal close for a period of time the legislative session was prorogued for the summer

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  1. suspended
  2. postponed
  3. adjourned
  4. interrupted
Verb
  • Sigma Phi Epsilon isn't among the five fraternities that are currently listed as suspended.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • While the league rulebook states what should happen during the anthem, the protocols were suspended years ago.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of suspended
Verb
  • The game was one of many across the Southland delayed or postponed by lightning, particularly in Orange County.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
  • This happened despite the fact that calculations of orbital forcings, together with modeling of how carbon dioxide interferes with glacial inception, have suggested the next ice age was postponed by tens of thousands of years.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of postponed
Verb
  • The hearing at Southwark Crown Court was adjourned until Tuesday after a morning of jury selection.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Vollmann and Defoe adjourned with many people from the reading to the patio of Urban Roots Brewery & Smokehouse in Southside Park, after Vollmann invited everyone as the event closed.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of adjourned
Verb
  • During the first Senate debate of the cycle in September at the Kansas State Fairgrounds, Marshall was repeatedly heckled and interrupted by boisterous audience members.
    — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Knight repeatedly interrupted, declared him out of order and warned that he could be removed.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of interrupted
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