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UK
/pəʊstpˈəʊnmənt/
]
[ US /poʊˈspoʊnmənt, poʊstˈpoʊnmənt/ ]
[ US /poʊˈspoʊnmənt, poʊstˈpoʊnmənt/ ]
NOUN
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time during which some action is awaited
instant replay caused too long a delay
he ordered a hold in the action - act of putting off to a future time
How To Use postponement In A Sentence
- The postponement of difficult decisions left the government dangerously exposed to American influence.
- There was no sign of concert-industry ticket woes at a jampacked Lube, indicating no hard feelings over a postponement in June that gave Dunn's pipes a doctor-ordered spell. From Brooks and Dunn, heroes, honky-tonk and lots of heart
- My rejection of death was less a denial than a postponement of the recognition of its ultimate reality.
- The postponement is down solely to, “personal circumstances of our attorney and has explicitly nothing to do with the content of the case,” says the post. MiniNova trial postponed
- But at a hearing Friday, Cook County Circuit Judge Marya (muh-REE'-uh) Nega granted what she described as a final postponement after allowing Mrs. Wade to dismiss her most recent lawyer. Dwyane Wade Divorce Case: Wife May Fire NINTH Lawyer In Two Years
- The postponement of the conference was cited as a reason for the extension of the transition period.
- Corporate sponsors of research sometimes demand the postponement, or even nondisclosure, of findings.
- The postponement was due to a dispute over where the talks should be held.
- I devise and bequeth all of my estate wheresoever and whatsoever to my Trustees upon trust to sell call in and convert into money so much thereof as shall not consist of money - with the power of postponement.
- These factors can easily lead to delays or postponements that simply don't happen with other clients.