abeyance

Example Sentences

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Even if direct Russia-Ukraine negotiations, now in abeyance, resume, “there is no way politically Zelensky can settle with the Russians” unless it includes the broad elements the Ukrainian president has articulated.

From Washington Post

The homogenizing forces of Western culture remain in abeyance.

From Washington Post

This is science fiction that keeps its science largely in abeyance, as dark matter for a story about loneliness, grief and finding purpose.

From Washington Post

Mrs. Maloney placed the motion in abeyance, and the Democratic majority on the committee later tabled the motion, effectively killing it.

From Washington Times

Though cancerous cell growth was held in abeyance, an existential dread set in as I realized that instead of fortifying my system, each day on the medication subtracted a day from the treatment’s effectiveness.

From Washington Post