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postpone

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


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Echo & the Bunnymen had to postpone a show after singer Ian McCulloch was injured in a crash.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

In March, Luis Enrique's side were granted their request to postpone a league game against Lens between the two legs of their Champions League quarter-final clash with Liverpool.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

They can’t skip the gas station when prices are high — but they can postpone routine care.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

That summit has been delayed once, and analysts say markets would likely take any moves to further postpone the meeting, which is set for May 14- May 15, as a negative.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

Like Washington, he saw Jay’s Treaty as a shrewd if bittersweet bargain designed to postpone war with England for perhaps a generation.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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