adjournment

Example Sentences

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The most recent request for an adjournment of a scheduled status conference came in September.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

They sought an adjournment to allow him to complete an administration process for the company to then be sold, without the need for any government intervention.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

Following an adjournment in March, the inquest into Danan's death resumed earlier at Avon Coroner's Court in Flax Bourton before assistant coroner Deborah Rookes.

From BBC • May 28, 2025

Boasberg adjourned the hearing so Ensign could gather more information—and the government evidently exploited this adjournment to dispatch the two planes.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2025

Justice de Wet gave us a three-week adjournment until October 29.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela