postpone
Example Sentences
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The net effect is that 21% of the respondents in the sample decided to postpone their retirements.
From MarketWatch
Earlier this week, stocks advanced and investors cheered a social-media post from the president saying that the U.S. military would postpone strikes on Iranian power plants.
The government initially allowed 30 councils to postpone their elections, in order to deliver a major reorganisation of local government.
From BBC
Gulf states will want help with damage repairs, or their promises to invest in the U.S. could be postponed indefinitely.
From MarketWatch
"President Xi understood that it's very important for the president to be here throughout these combat operations right now. He understood obviously the request to postpone and accepted it."
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
