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postpone

[pohst-pohn, pohs-] / poʊstˈpoʊn, poʊs- /


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The supervisor of New York City’s pension funds, one of the largest in the United States, asked Anthropic to postpone its stock market debut until risks posed by its artificial intelligence technology are better controlled.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

"They will postpone it until conditions become really unliveable," she says.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

"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

The latest bit of bad news was a report by Bloomberg that nuclear service provider Holtec decided to postpone its initial public offering that had been expected to price today.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

And nobody felt sad as long as we could postpone tomorrow with more nostalgia.

From "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky

The legal holdup also postpones the promised cost savings and strategic moves that formed much of the financial rationale for the deal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

The deal, set to be signed Friday, also postpones rather than resolves the conflict’s central disputes.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

For the insurer, that only postpones the pain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 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

L Minister of marine and colonies, receives La Salle favourably, 151; postpones Laval's return to Canada, 211.

From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various

The unveiling of the Roadster was postponed many times and had been expected for at least nine years.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

It is different outside biotech, where companies including health-tech concern Oura have postponed IPOs because they couldn’t command the terms they were seeking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

For example, one study found that rises in interest rates postponed lifestyle moves to independent living communities for four to five years.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

The musician postponed his wedding - scheduled to take place last weekend - because of the helicopter crash, saying: "Wicknell was more than a friend to us."

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

But just as justice delayed is justice denied, a reform so long postponed and so grudgingly enacted was hardly worth celebrating.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

But some countries, including Saudi Arabia, India and China, say that postponing the "seventh assessment report" until 2029 will provide developing countries more time to absorb its findings.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

“It’s not fair to you to keep postponing the shows, and even though it breaks my heart, it’s best that we cancel everything now until I’m really ready to be back on stage again.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

If either MP becomes prime minister they will have to decide whether to stick to the current plan or unpick it, further postponing its implementation.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

Some demographers see these women as simply postponing pregnancy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026

Convinced that Chicago was too hot in July and August, people were postponing their visits until the fall.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson


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