How To Use Postponement In A Sentence
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The postponement of difficult decisions left the government dangerously exposed to American influence.
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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
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My rejection of death was less a denial than a postponement of the recognition of its ultimate reality.
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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
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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
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The postponement of the conference was cited as a reason for the extension of the transition period.
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Corporate sponsors of research sometimes demand the postponement, or even nondisclosure, of findings.
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The postponement was due to a dispute over where the talks should be held.
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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.
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These factors can easily lead to delays or postponements that simply don't happen with other clients.
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Youth unemployment, student debt, unaffordable housing and the resultant postponement of adulthood are all key factors.
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His lawyers had earlier asked for a one-week postponement of the arraignment because they have not yet received the bill of particulars or list of detailed evidence on the case but the court rejected their plea.
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The postponement follows the internet giant's threats to close its Google.
Times, Sunday Times
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Pressure built yesterday for postponement of the ceremony.
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The underuse of theatres is also resulting in the postponement of 145 operations a week.
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Apologies that this cannot ease your current woes, but it will help to make next year's return more straightforward and less prone to postponement.
Times, Sunday Times
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It is important to note that the postponements or adjournments were all with the consent of the appellant, as we have already observed.
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Mr. Cowen is there made to say, not that he _resigned_ nomination; -- But that for reasons there enumerated, "it was his _personal wish to resign his own nomination_ &c. and he submitted to the decision of the meeting, the question whether it would be most expedient to act on his _resignation which_ he now made (_which_ must refer to the _personal wish_ before expressed, for no other resignation is pretended) if the meeting should judge a postponement impracticable, or to postpone acting until he could have time to communicate to some of the particular friends of his nomination (beside those who were present at the meeting) his reasons for resigning, and procure their concurrence _before hand_ &c.
A Review and Exposition, of the Falsehoods and Misrepresentations, of a Pamphlet Addressed to the Republicans of the County of Saratoga, Signed, "A Citizen"
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But dark clouds coming in from the sea and the crackle of distant thunder forced a postponement.
Times, Sunday Times
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Jason Dickerson, a budget analyst for California's Legislative Analyst's Office, said the postponement of income-tax refunds means local retailers and businesses won't receive the expected annual short-term jolt of cash.
California to Delay $4 Billion in Payments
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Their logic dictates that the chances of bothersome winter postponements are reduced by propelling matches forwards.
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Despite the controversial nature of the case, there was no last-minute postponement or commutation of sentence by the governor.
FAITHLESS: TALES OF TRANSGRESSION
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The delays and postponements could have affected our team in a bad way.
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In a way, this can be expected with the number of delays, postponements and redesigns the game went through.
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With two abandonments and a postponement in the past ten days, Park Avenue have fallen behind in their fixtures and face an end of season pile-up to catch up.
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He compounded with his creditors for a postponement of payment.
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In May of that year, he cabled the UN secretary-general to plead for a postponement of the vote until the political freedoms and human rights situation improved - he was told no.
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Their logic dictates that the chances of bothersome winter postponements are reduced by propelling matches forwards.
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The death of one of the candidates forced postponement of the voting until 1 June.
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The postponement of the film's sequel has held cinema-goers in eager anticipation for several months.
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They are calling for a further postponement of the election date.
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There were days when Tom could not go out, postponements of outdoor frolics, when, still the centre, he sat and drowsed in the big chair, waking, at times, in that unexpected queer, bright way of his, to roll a cigarette and call for his ukulele — a sort of miniature guitar of Portuguese invention.
BY THE TURTLES OF TASMAN
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Ouagadougou agreements of 2007, with a further promise to hold elections in 2008; the postponement of elections set for 2009; a tortuous process that went on for years to decide who was "Ivorian" enough, in this nation of immigrants, to vote; and finally the presidential runoff last month, in which Mr. Gbagbo's ally on the Constitutional Council threw out hundreds of thousands of votes in the country's north and declared his friend the winner.
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In both, however, the issue was the postponement of operations, not an outright refusal to carry them out.
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But dark clouds coming in from the sea and the crackle of distant thunder forced a postponement.
Times, Sunday Times
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I believe justice will notbe denied as well but then when you begin to hear of postponements, adjournments and the likes, one begins to have doubts ...
Uzoma Okere Case Adjourned
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To force the cancellation or postponement of ( an outdoor event ) because of rain.
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Corporate sponsors of research sometimes demand the postponement, or even nondisclosure, of findings.
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The postponement of the conference was cited as a reason for the extension of the transition period.
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The reason for the postponement is the controversy surrounding the issue of wine sales in grocery stores, which at least temporarily has created much uncertainty as to whether the liquor stores would participate in the promotion.
LENNDEVOURS:
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The postponement was announced only four hours before the scheduled kick-off time of 7.45pm.
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Boucher refused to speculate when asked if the action could lead to the imposition of emergency or postponement of general elections in Pakistan.
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The addition of undersoil heating would almost rule out the postponement of matches for climatic reasons.
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A five-hour deluge forced a postponement.
The Sun
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The decision to aim at a higher target led to huge increases in cost and lengthy postponements in the timetable, as well as charges and countercharges over where responsibility rested for the new expenses and the delays.
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As one black ball in six is sufficient to exclude a candidate -- or, to use the official euphemism, to cause his "postponement" -- it is not difficult for the coterie that controls the club to keep it clear of all noisy, or even of merely too conspicuous, individuality.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880
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The four-month postponement is expected to give entrepreneurs who need it a reasonable delay to get back on their feet and plan for the future.
The Power of Innovation: Driving Small Business Growth
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Sheridan the unpropitiousness of the season, particularly for a first experiment in authorship, and advised the postponement of the publication till October.
Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 01
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It wasn't clear whether the postponement was the news over which the stock was halted.
Dow Industrials Finish Up 80 Points
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But dark clouds coming in from the sea and the crackle of distant thunder forced a postponement.
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In their 8th Rule, therefore, which declares, that while a question is bef ore the Senate, no motion shall be received, unless it be for the previous question, or to postpone, commit or amend the main question, the term postponement must be understood according to their broad use of it, and not in its Parliamentary sense.
A MANUAL OF PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE
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In addition to the postponement of the family reunions, North Korea also said it wants Mt. Kumgang to serve as the venue for a series of scheduled inter-Korean talks, including the ministerial parley.
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This intelligence, which, at any other time, would have been received with rapturous enthusiasm, was listened to under the influence of a counterirritant already at work, with comparative calmness, and its only effect was to cause a postponement of the vote on the laborers 'bill upon the plea of the lateness of the hour, although not without strenuous opposition from the extreme right.
Edmond Dantès
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As with any postponement, opinions vary as to whether or not the game could have gone ahead.
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After a year of construction and a weeklong postponement of the original opening date -- leaving die-hard fans champing at the bit -- Vivienne Westwood, the storied British fashion label, has finally opened its first U.S. store, on Melrose Avenue in West Hollywood.
Vivienne Westwood Opens First US Shop In West Hollywood
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The Democrats realized the same thing, but rather than using this as leverage to get a long-term postponement to investigate the charges, the pressure really was just to have some kind of a hearing.
Hill’s Sexual Harassment Charges 1 Year Ago
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The reward for their gullibility was a widening of the war (s), a continuing neglect of Constitutional principles, a failure to prosecute those who had lied us into one misadventure after another, a retreat from any single-payer "Medicare for All" healthcare reform, a watering down of climate change initiatives, a postponement of most legislation that would have brought some justice to gay/Lesbian citizens, and a sad abandonment of promises for transparency and open-ness in the Executive branch.
You Get What you Vote For!
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He tried to see whether he could succeed in getting them to have a long-term postponement by boycotting and the only thing they gave him was 24 hours, so he lost I think stage one.
Undefined
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As used herein, "inhibit" or "treat" or "treatment" includes a postponement of development of the symptoms associated with autoimmune disease or pathogen-induced immunopathology and/or
FreshPatents.com: Notable Patent Applications - 07/22/2010
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The postponement was due to a dispute over where the talks should be held.
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And every day we read about delays, postponements, difficulties in the trial, terrible security problems.
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By and large however things have worked out tolerably well - although it must be acknowledged that so far this season the shortage of officials has caused the postponement of up to 40 games - mostly in the lower and reserve leagues.
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For it is the right and noble alone that will have victory in this struggle; the rest is wholly an obstruction, a postponement and fearful imperilment of the victory.
Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII.
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But aides made it clear this was just a postponement and she still plans to go ahead once the political furore and public protests have died down.
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They are calling for a further postponement of the election date.
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A notice was posted on the box office doors to announce the postponement ‘due to inclement weather’.
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Or have the number of postponements finally awakened us to the fact that it is a bit pointless starting the season knowing that half your games won't even go ahead?
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Apologies that this cannot ease your current woes, but it will help to make next year's return more straightforward and less prone to postponement.
Times, Sunday Times
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Pressure built yesterday for postponement of the ceremony.
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This is a postponement from the earlier October 24 date.
Educational use of the Net
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We were disappointed by yet another postponement of our trip.
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These bonuses mainly included the enterprise formerly the fiscal year not pension which and the postponement of payment bonus paid to the high tube.
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As used herein, "inhibit" or "treat" or "treatment" includes a postponement of development of the symptoms associated with autoimmune disease or pathogen-induced immunopathology and/or
FreshPatents.com: Notable Patent Applications - 07/22/2010
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The vacuum created by the postponement of the presidential elections led to a revival of campaigns for a revitalized democracy.
