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postpone

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


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

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Smart-ring maker Oura was the latest company to postpone its initial public offering when it said Tuesday it was delaying the offering because of “uncertainty in the IPO market.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 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

It could also postpone the products and revenue intended to justify those investments.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

I accepted another one-year appointment at Berkeley in an attempt to postpone the good fortune awaiting me and the consequent issue it would finally force.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

Plus, Trump postpones AI order, and ‘The Sound of Music’ is the secret to U.S.-China diplomacy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

The plan also postpones more complex negotiations over its nuclear programme, a major sticking point for Trump.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 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

The son postpones his expression and leans against a jungle to a fourth encore of the tuneful Thanatopsis.

From Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole by Fannie Hurst

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

World Wars I and II forced the cancellation of the Olympics, and Tokyo postponed the 2020 Summer Olympics until 2021 because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The UK-EU summit had been due to be held in July in Brussels, but was postponed when Starmer was ousted.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Anderson was being unfair to Compton, who wisely postponed signing Oppenheimer’s statement until he could read the bill, and refused to support it once he had.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Those who did come in were significantly more likely to require hospitalization than U.S.-born patients, suggesting that they were postponing treatment until they were seriously ill.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

But he warned against allowing the choice to become an excuse for postponing saving.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

Judge Dabney Friedrich cited "newly discovered evidence" and "evidence located in other countries" as the reason for postponing the trial.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

Some demographers see these women as simply postponing pregnancy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026

"Maybe," she said, holding up the envelope again, "they're postponing school? Maybe the first day isn't going to be next Tuesday? Ya think?"

From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies




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