postponement
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Smoke from nearly 900 wildfires burning in Canada have blanketed a large swath of the U.S., from Chicago to New York, resulting in poor air quality that forced the postponement of one MLS game Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
"This is going to stay with us forever but at least it had a positive outcome," said Emma, adding they watched their friend get married that afternoon after a short postponement to the wedding.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 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
The proposal includes the U.S.’s lifting of its naval blockade of Iranian ports and the postponement of nuclear negotiations, according to officials familiar with the matter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
Instead of affirming an idea, you effect its affirmation; rather than postponing something, you implement a postponement.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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
But these postponements mean that policymakers will not receive the latest government data on both fronts before their December 9-10 gathering.
From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025
Athletics' return to Tokyo means, fittingly, that the event in the Japanese capital bookends a five-year run of major championships - a situation caused by the pandemic and subsequent postponements.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2025
After a series of postponements, its next High Court liquidation hearing in Hong Kong is due to take place in January 2026.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2025
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
Vocabulary lists containing postponement
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