postponements

plural of postponement

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Noun
  • Sarah Buck, Chicago Driving has become harder The rapid increase in bike lanes has made driving much more difficult and tedious, with numerous delays due to many streets being reduced to one lane in busy areas.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • Standing on the National Mall in the afternoon, before storm delays and fireworks, Donald Rasdall and Betsy Green peered at the history around them.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 5 July 2026
Noun
  • Devers is owed more than $220 million over the next 7 1/2 seasons, and the Giants won’t be finished paying the last of his deferrals until 2043, by which time McMurdo Station could be a summer vacation destination.
    Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 15 June 2026
  • In the 12 months ended in April, Fitch clocked 99 defaults of various kinds, including interest payment deferrals, maturity extensions under duress, and payments-in-kind instead of cash, as well as more conventional bankruptcies, liquidations and debt-equity swaps.
    Tobias Burns, CNBC, 28 May 2026
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“Postponements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postponements. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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