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postponement

noun as in putting off or delaying

noun as in a stay or pause

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Mohammed must appear before a judge every 45 days, but so far all his court dates have ended the same way, Ibrahim said: with a postponement.

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La Liga said it "deeply regrets" the postponement and described it as a blow to the "international profile of the entire football ecosystem".

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The vote’s postponement casts doubt on the future of what was shaping up to be the most ambitious emissions-cutting strategy agreed upon by an entire sector of the global economy.

Usyk said he is back in training after being sidelined by a back injury which forced the postponement of a fight with WBO mandatory challenger Joseph Parker.

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Complicating the deliberations is the government shutdown, which has delayed the release of the September jobs report and could force postponement of September inflation data if it continues into next week.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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