adjourn
verb (used with object)
to suspend the meeting of (a club, legislature, committee, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely.
is adjourning
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present progressiveof adjourn (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Many acts, then, are sent to the president for signature just as Congress is adjourning.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2011
