as in to postpone
to assign to a later time
we held off on accepting the invitation in the hopes that something better would come along
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The concert was previously postponed in October when the singer was diagnosed with bronchitis and laryngitis.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
28 Feb. 2025 -
Fieldwork was regularly being reduced in scope or postponed, sometimes for years.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
28 Feb. 2025
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The opening of the jail had been delayed, the red carpet stored away, the prisoners' transfers into this facility put on hold.—
Keith Sharon,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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Trump said the tariffs would be delayed until the spring in part to give automakers time to move their operations to America.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN,
19 Feb. 2025
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Hern deferred oversight of the Trump administration to the judicial branch, according to News on 6.—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
21 Feb. 2025
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These policies deferred Europe’s full emergence from its post-1945 rehabilitation.—
Dominic Green,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Feb. 2025
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So far, around 36 extensions have been compromised, putting over 2.6 million Chrome users at risk of having their browsing data and account credentials exposed.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
6 Jan. 2025
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Severe threat diminishes On Sunday, the storm system pushed its way east, putting over 20 million people from the eastern Gulf Coast to the Carolinas at risk of extreme weather.—
Mirna Alsharif,
NBC News,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Hold off (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hold%20off%20%28on%29. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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