Postpone

//poʊstˈpoʊn//

"Postpone" in a Sentence (13 examples)

For the moment, we want to postpone making a decision.

You may as well postpone your departure.

We were to be married in May but had to postpone the marriage until June.

We will have to postpone the game.

I had to postpone my appointment.

I must postpone going to the dentist.

He decided to postpone his departure.

They were compelled to postpone their departure.

Let's postpone dinner.

We had to postpone the gathering because of rain.

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“[…] Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. Oh, dear, there's so much to tell you, so many warnings to give you, but all that must be postponed for the moment.”

Significant rail projects have been mothballed before in the face of changed circumstances – in particular, the LNER Woodhead project which was postponed due to wartime conditions and not revived until 1948, as money became available after nationalisation.

Why should the See of Antioch, that most ancient and truly Apostolical Church, where the Christian name began […] be postponed to Alexandria?

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