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as in postpones
to bring to a formal close for a period of time
the judge suspended the hearing to give the district attorney more time to process evidence
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as in hangs
to place on an elevated point without support from below
suspended a banner proclaiming the town's "Heritage Days" from the archway
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Recent Examples of suspends
After a police officer has been charged with a felony, POST automatically suspends their certification.
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Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
This mission hits a wall when the local gaming authority suspends all Hong Kong player accounts just weeks before a key tournament selection stage.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2026
The proclamation also suspends normal state purchasing requirements, giving the state the ability to purchase any resources or supplies needed due to the storm.
—Patrick Damp, CBS News, 24 Jan. 2026
This thinking was the inspiration behind one of Janes’s latest debuts—a featherweight complexion savior that suspends weightless spherical powders within a liquid serum base, while sinking almost instantly into skin.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2026
The league and players could also agree to a moratorium that suspends free agency until a new agreement is signed, thus eliminating the possibility of players/teams signing contracts out of turn.
—Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
The presidential proclamation, announced in June 2025 and expanded in December, suspends a person’s ability to enter the United States.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
An Encinitas City Council member accused of assaulting a resident during a parking dispute secured an agreement Monday that suspends his misdemeanor case and could see charges dismissed in as few as seven months.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2025
Existing retailers can continue to operate and seek permit renewal during the moratorium, while the city suspends new applications.
—Devan Patel, Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2025
Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
This mission hits a wall when the local gaming authority suspends all Hong Kong player accounts just weeks before a key tournament selection stage.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2026
The proclamation also suspends normal state purchasing requirements, giving the state the ability to purchase any resources or supplies needed due to the storm.
—Patrick Damp, CBS News, 24 Jan. 2026
This thinking was the inspiration behind one of Janes’s latest debuts—a featherweight complexion savior that suspends weightless spherical powders within a liquid serum base, while sinking almost instantly into skin.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2026
The league and players could also agree to a moratorium that suspends free agency until a new agreement is signed, thus eliminating the possibility of players/teams signing contracts out of turn.
—Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
The presidential proclamation, announced in June 2025 and expanded in December, suspends a person’s ability to enter the United States.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
An Encinitas City Council member accused of assaulting a resident during a parking dispute secured an agreement Monday that suspends his misdemeanor case and could see charges dismissed in as few as seven months.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2025
Existing retailers can continue to operate and seek permit renewal during the moratorium, while the city suspends new applications.
—Devan Patel, Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suspends
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At a Friday court hearing for the family’s asylum case, a judge granted a continuance, which postpones the case to a later date, family attorney Danielle Molliver told CNN.—
Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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At best, the push postpones the cross-medium renaissance Hollywood has been predicting for more than 30 years.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
19 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Jamian’s contribution, enlarged, also hangs as a banner outside.—
Emma Allen,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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The specter of violence, meanwhile, hangs over the negotiations, and whatever the result, Iran’s people are unlikely to win respite, the historian Kim Ghattas wrote in the Financial Times.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
6 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The partygoers don’t really know how to react until Stab interrupts the performance to choke Kid out, and then everyone becomes horrified.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
13 Feb. 2026
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Deflecting care interrupts this learning process.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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During that film's climactic biplane battle between Cruise's Ethan Hunt and Esai Morales' villainous Gabriel, Cruise dangles mid-air from a seatbelt as the plane flips upside down.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, Stephen dangles the prospect of a normal relationship before Lucy, then blackmails her for sleeping with Evan behind Bree’s back during freshman year.—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
13 Jan. 2026
Verb
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One thing that has always bothered me is that the fridge sits in the back left corner of the hall-like kitchen, but the door swings open to the right.—
Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano,
The Spruce,
10 Feb. 2026
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Couvent is cultivating its own scene in the south of France, one that swings more Provence than Cote d’Azur.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Feb. 2026
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