Postponed means simple past and past participle of postpone. This page lists 20 example sentences from real texts, plus synonyms like deferred or delayed.

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Postponed in a sentence

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Postponed meaning

simple past and past participle of postpone

Synonyms of Postponed

Example sentences (20)

Morecambe’s Colour Dash was originally planned for September 24 and was postponed due to heavy rain in the forecast.

Even three years later, around one in four cancer patients are still experiencing cancelled or postponed appointments.

Non-urgent operations will be postponed as well as outpatient visits and sessions of chemotherapy and kidney dialysis.

According to the figures, as many as two in three Australians have either cancelled or postponed their travel recently.

A total of eight shows have been postponed so that Springsteen can get treatment for his peptic ulcer disease.

New Hampshire Motor Speedway was postponed from Sunday afternoon to Monday at noon ET as heavy rain pelted the facility.

For one, he the remainder of his world tour dates, having postponed the tour following a diagnosis of Ramsay Hunt syndrome.

But now the decision has been postponed, with the matter unlikely to be listed for consideration for at least another month.

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It comes as the £6 visa waiver programme for destinations like France, and Italy was postponed until 2025.

A court hearing for a rape suspect fighting extradition to the US has been postponed on medical grounds.

A skating event that was planned to take place on Saturday at the nearby skate park has been postponed following the incident.

More than 20 flights were delayed, and 6 more flights were postponed due to unfavorable weather conditions at Moscow airports.

Elsewhere Weymouth’s away tie at Wimborne in the competition was postponed for a second time, with no new date given as of yet.

Negotiations to reach an 11th-hour compromise are still underway, and could result in the plan being watered down or postponed.

After he failed to appear before the Islamabad court, the judge postponed that hearing until March 30.

And because of that, quite a few folks, including myself, have postponed shopping for a newer vehicle.

However, the match has been postponed as three City players have been selected for international duty.

Israeli forces have postponed the demand to evacuate Gaza’s Al Awda Hospital until 6 a.m. local time.

Ms Gilruth, who represents Mid Fife and Glenrothes as an MSP and is now Education Secretary, asked for the works to be postponed.

If Brooke is injured though, that would have to be cut short or postponed until Brooke can recover.

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These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:

Common combinations with postponed

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • been postponed 45×
  • was postponed 39×
  • postponed due 24×
  • be postponed 23×
  • postponed until 19×
  • postponed to 16×
  • postponed the 16×
  • has postponed
  • or postponed
  • were postponed

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "postponed" in a sentence?
An example: "Morecambe’s Colour Dash was originally planned for September 24 and was postponed due to heavy rain in the forecast." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "postponed" from real English texts.
What does "postponed" mean?
Postponed means: simple past and past participle of postpone
What are synonyms of "postponed"?
Common synonyms of "postponed" include: deferred, delayed.
How many example sentences with "postponed" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "postponed", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

About these examples

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