adjourn

Example Sentences

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Before we adjourn, a final question: What will next year’s healthcare roundtable focus on?

From Barron's • Sep. 26, 2025

They all agreed that they would get rid of this hot potato, adjourn quickly and go home for the holidays.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2024

He then made a motion to adjourn the meeting, without further comment.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2024

Judge Talog Davies accepted a request from the defence to adjourn sentencing for a pre-sentence report to be compiled.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2024

But as she was sleepier than any of them—she’d been rubbing her eyes for an hour—she consented to adjourn the meeting.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart