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

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

And they detailed that he got the impression the panel was more concerned about the impact the adjournment would have on them than the fairness of his hearing.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2025

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

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2025

Since five hours—the official adjournment time—hadn’t yet been reached, he took a loss of thirty-five minutes on his clock.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady