How to Use postpone in a Sentence

postpone

verb
Definition of postponenext
Synonyms for postponenext
  • The baseball game was postponed until tomorrow because of rain.
  • The event was postponed due to the Davis wildfires last month.
    — Annabella Rosciglione, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The death prompted her to postpone one of her Rio shows.
    — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2023
  • There are plans to postpone the event but a date has not been set.
    — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The dates will be postponed and rescheduled, the country star told fans in the glum video.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 9 May 2023
  • The 49th edition of the event had been set for June 10 before it was postponed due to the writers strike.
    — Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Due to heavy rain and lightning in the area, the game was postponed at halftime for more than an hour.
    — Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 21 July 2024
  • McAfee agreed to postpone that deadline to Feb. 1 for Meadows and Clark.
    — Kate Brumback The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 2 Dec. 2023
  • The vote was scheduled for Friday but has been postponed to next week.
    — Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2024
  • The Glasgow, Belfast, and Dublin shows are being postponed.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Beatrice postponed college for a year and remained with us through the fall.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2024
  • This year, because of the actors and writers strikes, the Globes are airing ahead of the Emmys, which were postponed to Jan. 15.
    — Jake Coyle, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Several Blink-182 shows were postponed and Barker briefly left the tour to be with his wife.
    — Chloe Melas, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2023
  • But it was postponed until April 2024 amid the writers and actors strikes last year.
    — Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The court date was postponed because Karelina did not have a lawyer.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The speaker can postpone some votes for up to two legislative days under the House rules.
    — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The men’s was scheduled for Tuesday but was postponed to Wednesday.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2024
  • The game was briefly paused and quickly resumed, but soon after, the referee postponed the game.
    — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 4 June 2023
  • Farage wrote in a statement on Twitter that the tour is not canceled, only postponed.
    — Miles J. Herszenhorn, USA TODAY, 6 July 2023
  • Remember how that strange bout of rain at the beginning of May forced a couple of events to postpone?
    — Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 1 June 2024
  • San Diego schools postponed the first day of classes from today to Tuesday.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Geren postponed the vote until January 2027, years past the end of the legislative session, marking the end for the bill.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 May 2024
  • The initial court appearance to hear the charges against him has been postponed twice since December.
    — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Johnny and Matthew were in town to serve as groomsmen for their sister Katie’s wedding, set to take place the next day, which has been postponed.
    — Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 9 Sep. 2024
  • The band has postponed its summer tour dates and new album release, which will now happen in 2024.
    — Spin Staff, SPIN, 8 June 2023
  • Two shows later that week in Austin and Dallas were also postponed.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2024
  • As a result, the start of the three-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival was postponed.
    — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 8 June 2023
  • His staff even had to postpone a living donor transplant because of his absence.
    — Max Blau, ProPublica, 14 June 2023
  • In Nye County, when voters arrived for the first day of early voting, the wrong election popped up on check-in kiosks, prompting the clerk to postpone opening the polls.
    — Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Michael Chandler and Conor McGregor were meant to fight one another during the summer, but that bout had to be postponed.
    — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024

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