prorogue
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The governor general has a largely ceremonial job performing functions such as swearing in governments and formally signing legislation, but is also the commander-in-chief of the military and can summon, prorogue or dissolve parliament.
From Reuters ● Jul. 6, 2021
And she used withering language to describe the effect of the court’s ruling on the formal order to prorogue.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2019
It is just looking at whether the decision to prorogue was justified.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 19, 2019
Queen Elizabeth II had agreed to prorogue — or suspend — Parliament, on the advice of the prime minister, as is customary.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 11, 2019
His Ministry advised him to prorogue Parliament, and prorogued it accordingly was.
From The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 by John Charles Dent
While the Liberal Party holds its internal contest, parliament is prorogued until March 24.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2025
In the meantime, the Canadian parliament has been prorogued - or suspended - until 24 March.
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2025
Parliament was in session but was prorogued on Monday through a government notification uploaded on its website.
From Reuters ● Jul. 4, 2023
Parliament was formally suspended, or prorogued, on Thursday in a tradition-steeped ceremony involving ermine-draped members of the House of Lords and an official proclaiming “the queen wills it” in Norman French.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2022
Tisdall lodged a petition in June, which the House ordered to be considered in July, but before that day the Parliament was prorogued, and did not meet again till October in the following year.
From The Commercial Restraints of Ireland by John Hely Hutchinson
The process, known as proroguing, usually passes without much notice, except for the pompous rituals and antiquarian costumes that accompany it.
From New York Times ● Sep. 10, 2019
The official term for shutting down Parliament is "proroguing".
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2019
Johnson claimed that proroguing Parliament was just an efficient way to get the government organized regarding its domestic agenda, such as new plans for the National Health Service and strategies for fighting crime.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 30, 2019
Let’s strip away the jargon of proroguing and contemplate what this actually means.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 10, 2019
In passing these resolutions parliamentary rules were dispensed with, the members anticipating the proroguing power of the governor, who, on learning their tenor, immediately dissolved the House.
From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by L. Carroll Judson
Vocabulary lists containing prorogue
The Balcony Scene from "Romeo and Juliet"
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This Week In Words: August 31–September 6, 2019
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"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 2
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