adjourned

Example Sentences

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The Monday meeting adjourned in just under three hours — with board members using less than the four hours set aside on their schedule.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

Instead, a spokesperson pointed to public remarks Kotek made in support of public funding for the Blazers arena as the Legislature adjourned.

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026

Judge Robin Mairs adjourned the case for sentencing on 22 May and told Phelan to "prepare yourself for custody".

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

“We’ve been exchanging creative and positive ideas in Geneva today, and now both US and Iranian negotiators have adjourned for a break,” Oman’s Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi said on X External link.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

The meeting adjourned with tempers still hot and both sides feeling absolute in the rightness of their position.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling