postponing
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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
Abstract claims that the American dream is still thriving mean little to young people who are postponing homeownership and feel that financial security is slipping out of reach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
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
The Patel family waited another month before they could cremate her remains, postponing Ashok's last rites so they could be done together.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
All he was doing was postponing the inevitable, not that he knew what the inevitable would be.
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
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