postpone
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"Delays in specimen collection, transportation and testing can postpone confirmation by days or weeks, which hinders the isolation of infected persons, contact tracing and the initiation of outbreak-control measures," Sullivan wrote.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
It could also postpone the products and revenue intended to justify those investments.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Kehlani has rescheduled the two concerts she had to postpone because of illness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
You can only postpone the conversation and raise the eventual price.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
I helped Dean lay the table to postpone going home.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
The deal, set to be signed Friday, also postpones rather than resolves the conflict’s central disputes.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
Gen. Ambrose Burnside as commander of the Army of the Potomac, “but if the couchant lion postpones his spring too long, people will begin wondering whether he is not a stuffed specimen after all.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
The L.A. school board approved an $18.8 billion budget that postpones layoffs for a year and does not cut services to students.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2025
It postpones certain tax-filing deadlines for Americans and their spouses who are wrongfully detained or held hostage abroad.
From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2024
“It only postpones the evil day of telling them the jewels were lost in the fire,” observed Mary.
From The Motor Maids' School Days by Katherine Stokes
After Richie’s first unspecified health scare on tour earlier this summer, he postponed a pair of shows in Chicago and Columbus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Because even tiny disturbances can matter in an experiment this sensitive, he postponed the reveal and returned to the analysis.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
He declared three days of mourning and postponed the start of campaigning for elections scheduled for January.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
“Monday’s scheduled meeting of Gulf and Iranian leaders in Oman was postponed, but our understanding is talks are still ongoing, and making progress,” he added.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
Even the Trial stadiums have postponed the Trials scheduled for the day the storm will arrive.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
In the final agreement, the supervisory board only asked Blume and his team to “develop a model for an evolved decision-making and group structure,” postponing the power struggle to another day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
But he warned against allowing the choice to become an excuse for postponing saving.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Judge Dabney Friedrich cited "newly discovered evidence" and "evidence located in other countries" as the reason for postponing the trial.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
“Waiting and postponing is not, in my opinion, an option.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
“Why, that’s a wonderful idea! But just send out weekly announcements postponing the parades. Don’t even bother to schedule them. That would be infinitely more disconcerting.”
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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