postpone
verb (used with object)
to put off to a later time; defer.
postponable
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a word derived from
postpone.
Example Sentences
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Or is it just the latest step toward some future, endlessly postponable consummation?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
You’re overloaded, it’s normal, you have a lot of emotions to either untangle or allow to settle — so, postpone anything postponable and clear space for yourself to rest.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2021
He didn’t know how long he’d knelt on the grass having extraneous and postponable thoughts, but he feared that it was a lot more time than it had felt like.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 1, 2015
Last fall, Emerson Rug went out of business, and Trainito's sales suddenly began to slide, in the midst of recession, potential customers decided that redecorating was a postponable luxury.
From Time Magazine Archive
My tasks are not postponable during the summer days; if called away from these engagements, I shall first take counsel of my plants for leave of absence, with intent of hastening back.
From Tablets by Alcott, Amos Bronson
