as in suspenses
a state of temporary inactivity
trading with that nation is in suspension until it improves its record on human rights
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Recent Examples of suspensions
Some are backing away from exclusionary discipline like suspensions and expulsions and have embraced schoolwide approaches that reward positive behavior and provide social skills practice through games and role-playing.
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Stacker, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026
While Reynoso was getting in trouble, being insubordinate and dealing with suspensions, Rodriguez has been entirely more benign.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 9 May 2026
The horny members did not lose their memberships, since Doppelt prefers to discipline with suspensions or warnings.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 9 May 2026
Those suspensions of combat don’t produce any tangible results amid deep mistrust between the warring sides.
—ABC News, 6 May 2026
In the new paper, the researchers found that when schools first adopted the pouches, suspensions tended to rise, and students’ reported well-being fell—but that these trends didn’t last long and that, with time, discipline leveled out to baseline, and well-being rose.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 4 May 2026
Bright and Segovia returned to Inter Miami’s starting lineup after serving suspensions last weekend.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 3 May 2026
But for the residents and business-owners, the possibility of another set of G train outage evoked frustration after two years of service suspensions while crews worked to upgrade the signaling system on the Crosstown Line.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026
For the Sockers, Stefan Mijatovic was permanently banned from the MASL while Cerda, Luis Morales and Jesus Pacheco were hit with one-game suspensions.
—Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2026
Stacker, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026
While Reynoso was getting in trouble, being insubordinate and dealing with suspensions, Rodriguez has been entirely more benign.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 9 May 2026
The horny members did not lose their memberships, since Doppelt prefers to discipline with suspensions or warnings.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 9 May 2026
Those suspensions of combat don’t produce any tangible results amid deep mistrust between the warring sides.
—ABC News, 6 May 2026
In the new paper, the researchers found that when schools first adopted the pouches, suspensions tended to rise, and students’ reported well-being fell—but that these trends didn’t last long and that, with time, discipline leveled out to baseline, and well-being rose.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 4 May 2026
Bright and Segovia returned to Inter Miami’s starting lineup after serving suspensions last weekend.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 3 May 2026
But for the residents and business-owners, the possibility of another set of G train outage evoked frustration after two years of service suspensions while crews worked to upgrade the signaling system on the Crosstown Line.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026
For the Sockers, Stefan Mijatovic was permanently banned from the MASL while Cerda, Luis Morales and Jesus Pacheco were hit with one-game suspensions.
—Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Suspensions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suspensions. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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