adjournments
- plural of adjournment.
Example Sentences
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Delays in police investigations, frequent adjournments, and poor infrastructure further add to the backlog, leaving the system stretched beyond capacity.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2025
There is no evidence at this time that there is any relationship between the two adjournments.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2023
They regularly suggested “the lack of a quorum,” requiring a roll call of senators and in some cases even forcing adjournments when a quorum wasn’t present.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2022
Still, prosecutors were determined to try again, though it took almost two and a half years of adjournments and delays to reach a third trial in May 2015.
From New York Times ● Jul. 31, 2016
Bobby had two adjournments to play and analyze by himself.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
