postponement
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The White House, after days of anticipation, announced a postponement of the nuclear talks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
The Board of British Deputies of Jews had called the postponement "highly regrettable" and said it was working with the museum to reschedule the event.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
Both major oil benchmarks rose Monday and US stock markets closed mixed while investors digested shifting developments in the Middle East, including Trump's announcement of an attack postponement.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
Both systems also face a postponement of increases in funding promised in the past — unchanged from the first version of the budget in January.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
Too much had been set in motion for anyone even to consider postponement.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Gadd’s smash hit “Baby Reindeer” hadn’t premiered when the nine-month, five-round search for young Niall and Ruben started, with the success of Gadd’s Emmy-winning Netflix series contributing to various postponements on “Half Man.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has said she thinks scheduled local elections should go ahead this May and has dismissed Conservative councils who have asked for postponements as local government is reorganised as "outliers".
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2026
More than 650 councillors are affected by the postponements and will now stay in their roles for longer than expected.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2026
The case has been closely monitored by human rights groups including Amal Clooney's Clooney Foundation for Justice, which in October questioned the lengthy detainment, citing "repeated postponements and slow progress".
From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026
The other war, the bloody one of twenty years, did not cause them as much damage as the corrosive war of eternal postponements.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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