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Slow down your purchases: is what you are buying essential or can you postpone it?

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

There are reasons to postpone some of the toughest decisions beyond this Budget, such as how to fund desired increases in spending on defence and social care.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

With the airport shuttered, Saudi Arabia has been forced to cancel or postpone high-profile events, including a star-studded tennis tournament.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

Slowing its development can postpone new defenses and leave existing threats in place.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

In the weeks ahead, he would postpone his return several times, as reports reached him that the epidemic was growing worse.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

“Nor does it suggest that the Executive Branch has any constitutional or statutory authority to implement the President’s directives. Instead, today’s decision merely postpones adjudication of those challenges.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

“Today’s decision merely postpones adjudication of those challenges,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in one dissent, joined by Justice Elena Kagan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

The deal, set to be signed Friday, also postpones rather than resolves the conflict’s central disputes.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

For the insurer, that only postpones the pain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026

This postpones any possible meeting with you till next summer, when I think it pretty certain that Alice and I and Peggy will go to Europe again, and probably stay there for two years....

From The Letters of William James, Vol. II by William James

Lufthansa Group, which was initially planning to resume services to Dubai in October, postponed its return until at least late November.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Several domestic ⁠league games had to be postponed, including three fixtures last month as the situation escalated.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

The Six Kings Slam, which should have begun on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has been postponed by two months.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

The country, the poorest in the Americas, was due to hold presidential and legislative elections this December and next February, but postponed them several weeks ago.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

Mostly, it postponed war with England until America was economically and politically more capable of fighting one.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Still, there is something peculiar about postponing industry-wide traceability requirements while ordinary shoppers are left scanning their broccoli with smartphones, hoping to learn something useful about where it came from.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

Those who did come in were significantly more likely to require hospitalization than U.S.-born patients, suggesting that they were postponing treatment until they were seriously ill.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

In the final agreement, the supervisory board only asked Blume and his team to “develop a model for an evolved decision-making and group structure,” postponing the power struggle to another day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

But he warned against allowing the choice to become an excuse for postponing saving.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

"Maybe," she said, holding up the envelope again, "they're postponing school? Maybe the first day isn't going to be next Tuesday? Ya think?"

From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies