Explore Postponements through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Postponements meaning
plural of postponement
Using Postponements
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of postponement
- In the example corpus, postponements often appears in combinations such as: postponements and, of postponements, and postponements.
Context around Postponements
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 14 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Postponements
- In this selection, "postponements" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, surgery, delays, faced, due, initially and new stand out and add context to how "postponements" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after several postponements due to and after two postponements the abe. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "postponements" sits close to words such as abington, abled and adorno, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with postponements
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I think that is three postponements against them in a year. (11 words)
Out & About: Events and postponements in the South Bay Oct. 30-Nov. (12 words)
Italy’s Serie A football matches will resume this weekend after a fortnight of postponements but without fans. (18 words)
Already tentpole films like “Black Widow” have been shifted off the release calendar to unannounced dates, and it’s possible more postponements for June titles like “Wonder Woman 1984” could come next. (32 words)
Despite a series of postponements and cancellations in other sports owing to the cornonavirus pandemic, road cycling’s most important annual event, the Tour de France, is yet to be called off. (32 words)
Dr Mike More, chair of Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said in a recent board meeting that surgery postponements were creating "patient anxiety" and were having "destabilising effects" on improvements. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
Dr Mike More, chair of Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said in a recent board meeting that surgery postponements were creating "patient anxiety" and were having "destabilising effects" on improvements.
Given how congested the fixture list is, and other postponements in the mix, I can hardly believe the league bosses will be best pleased at this turn of events either.
Gloucester Show returns to its regular schedule this month after three years of delays, postponements and cancellations, and at this stage everything seems back on track.
Mr. Terr, of the free expression group, warned that the postponements and cancellations could have a chilling effect — even when done out of concern for safety.
Postponements in recent weeks – including the original game with King’s Lynn – have left the Puritans without a game since the 1-1 draw with Curzon Ashton on November 25.
United - who will remain fourth in the table, given other postponements - will return to action on Tuesday night with the visit of Hartlepool United.
I think that is three postponements against them in a year.
Legit.ng reported earlier that The Dangote Refinery has set a timeline to release petrol into the Nigerian market after several postponements due to crude supply challenges.
Stay right here for the latest on postponements and the impact the weather could have on the Merseyside Derby.
The governor made it clear that the election timeline is sacrosanct and that there will be no postponements or delays in the process.
The Terrence Ali National Open faced postponements initially from December 2023 to January 2024 due to issues with two of the top gyms.
This timeline has forced AEG and Young Thug to seek postponements of the pretrial and trial dates, now totaling two years of delays.
Already tentpole films like “Black Widow” have been shifted off the release calendar to unannounced dates, and it’s possible more postponements for June titles like “Wonder Woman 1984” could come next.
Despite a series of postponements and cancellations in other sports owing to the cornonavirus pandemic, road cycling’s most important annual event, the Tour de France, is yet to be called off.
Each side will play 10 matches with sufficient wriggle room to extend the season into June in the event of postponements.
In spite of the domestic and international criticism, after two postponements, the Abe government indeed raised the sales tax rate to 10 percent on October 1, 2019.
Italy’s Serie A football matches will resume this weekend after a fortnight of postponements but without fans.
Out & About: Events and postponements in the South Bay Oct. 30-Nov.
She wrote in part, "I know many of you are affected in countless ways; missed opportunities for sports, cancelled weddings, postponements of special events, school, financial and household burdens, inconveniences.
That’s right, folks: Barring any weather-induced postponements, New York’s 2020 regular season will end on Sunday.
Common combinations with postponements
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- postponements and 12×
- of postponements 6×
- and postponements 6×
- postponements in 4×
- the postponements 3×
- several postponements 3×
- postponements or 3×
- postponements of 3×
- two postponements 3×
- postponements were 2×