postpone

Example Sentences

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Freezing weather meant Nasa had to postpone the first full dress rehearsal as it was too cold to fuel the SLS rocket.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

The net effect is that 21% of the respondents in the sample decided to postpone their retirements.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

The government initially allowed 30 councils to postpone their elections, in order to deliver a major reorganisation of local government.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

In a Truth Social post overnight, President Trump said the U.S. will postpone strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure for five days.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

We will be lucky if we can postpone the search for new technologies for a while, until we have discovered some satisfactory things to do with the extra time.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas