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adjournment

noun as in discontinuation or delay of a proceeding

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However, the musician's lawyers suggested they might request a two-week adjournment, saying that prosecutors had yet to hand over some 200,000 emails relating to one of Combs' alleged victims.

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Mayer wants a return to how things were in World War Two and is hosting an adjournment debate in Parliament.

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His request for adjournment was denied and instead the report was set aside.

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Moments before they were to begin presenting their case, they asked for an adjournment.

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He told a Commons adjournment debate: "There was no hard evidence against Letby, nobody saw her do anything untoward."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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