postponing
Example Sentences
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“Waiting and postponing is not, in my opinion, an option.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Castellucci is accused of postponing work on pier number 9 and faces 18 years in prison.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
If either MP becomes prime minister they will have to decide whether to stick to the current plan or unpick it, further postponing its implementation.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
Critics say it’s just postponing coal’s inevitable demise.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
We passed through the border without a problem and arrived in Lobatse in the late afternoon, where there was a telegram for me from Dar es Salaam postponing my trip for a fortnight.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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