- present tense form of postpone (3rd person singular).
postpones
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Plus: Oura postpones IPO over market uncertainty; Goldman board discusses plan to name John Waldron next CEO; Nvidia adds $150 billion to buyback plan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
“Today’s decision merely postpones adjudication of those challenges,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in one dissent, joined by Justice Elena Kagan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The deal, set to be signed Friday, also postpones rather than resolves the conflict’s central disputes.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 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
It is an instinct, a great and wonderful inheritance that postpones the moment of disillusionment.
From The Wonder by J. D. (John Davys) Beresford
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