recess
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In an update on the inquiry website, a spokesperson said the report would be published "at the earliest practical date, however that will not be until after the summer recess of Parliament".
From BBC • May 13, 2026
The Senate is in recess the week of May 4, and will likely hold a floor vote upon its return, which leaves a narrow window before Powell’s term ends.
From Barron's • Apr. 26, 2026
Decisions on all of those disputes are expected by early July, when the justices take their customary summer recess.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
TMZ is turning its celebrity lens on Congress, tracking lawmakers on recess as a nearly six-week Department of Homeland Security shutdown drags on.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
Not just in the morning when they were late or at recess and lunch, but now, when everyone was learning or being taught or sitting there pretending one or the other?
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
Vocabulary lists containing recess
Vocabulary from The Articles of Confederation
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