suspend
verb (used with object)
to hang by attachment to something above.
suspends
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present tense formof suspend (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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So he suspends her for a match, the last one before Christmas break.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2026
“The invocation of national security is not a magic incantation that suspends the rule of law,” they added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The agreement only explicitly suspends Iranian tolls for the 60 days, and calls for Iran and Oman to “conduct dialogue” about strait management alongside other Gulf states and “in line with applicable international law.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026
The ruling also suspends a Pentagon designation of Anthropic, creator of the Claude AI model, as a national security supply chain risk -- a label typically reserved for organizations from unfriendly foreign countries.
From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026
"He takes away our charters, abolishes our laws, suspends our legislatures."
From Cardigan by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
