as in to suspend
to bring to a formal close for a period of time
the legislative session was prorogued for the summer
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Recent Examples of prorogue
His functions as head of state include meeting weekly with the prime minister to consult, warn, and advise on issues of the day, giving royal assent to new laws, and opening and proroguing Parliament.
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David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
But creating one requires some parliamentary machination: The speaker of the House must first engineer a disagreement with McConnell over adjourning, at which time the president can intervene, under the Presidential Adjournment Clause in the Constitution, to prorogue Congress and force a recess.
—Sam Adler-Bell, The New Republic, 15 Nov. 2020
Decency would have driven a leader to bow out after the very first COVID fine, so would lying to the Queen to prorogue parliament, or accepting Tory donor cash to refurbish his No.10 apartment.
—Marina Purkiss, Fortune, 27 May 2022
In a separate legal challenge brought by lawyers of 75 anti-Brexit lawmakers, a judge temporarily rejected calls to to block Johnson’s decision of proroguing parliament on Friday.
—Julia Webster, Time, 30 Aug. 2019
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David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
But creating one requires some parliamentary machination: The speaker of the House must first engineer a disagreement with McConnell over adjourning, at which time the president can intervene, under the Presidential Adjournment Clause in the Constitution, to prorogue Congress and force a recess.
—Sam Adler-Bell, The New Republic, 15 Nov. 2020
Decency would have driven a leader to bow out after the very first COVID fine, so would lying to the Queen to prorogue parliament, or accepting Tory donor cash to refurbish his No.10 apartment.
—Marina Purkiss, Fortune, 27 May 2022
In a separate legal challenge brought by lawyers of 75 anti-Brexit lawmakers, a judge temporarily rejected calls to to block Johnson’s decision of proroguing parliament on Friday.
—Julia Webster, Time, 30 Aug. 2019
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But the Trump administration suspended that provision temporarily, throwing the US Postal Service into chaos as it was forced to halt all package deliveries from China and Hong Kong to comply with the order.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN,
11 Feb. 2025
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The burger giant saw customer visits weaken following an E.coli outbreak that started on October 22 and forced McDonald's to temporarily suspend sales of its Quarter Pounder hamburgers in a fifth of its 14,000 U.S. restaurants.—
Savyata Mishra,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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The singer noted the show will be postponed to a later date and said her team is working with the concert promoter on rescheduling.—
Edward Segarra,
USA TODAY,
16 Feb. 2025
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Shakira has been hospitalized in Lima, Peru, and will postpone the show she was slated to perform Sunday (Feb. 16) as part of her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran tour.—
Leila Cobo,
Billboard,
16 Feb. 2025
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Lucas assigned that proposal to the council’s finance committee, and adjourned without further comment.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
14 Feb. 2025
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On Monday, in a surprising move, Perez and Albritton abruptly adjourned a special session that DeSantis had called to push forward President Trump's immigration agenda.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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All Mecklenburg County court sessions recessed at 12:30 p.m. Charlotte Observer reporter Ames Alexander contributed.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Jan. 2025
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But because of the water outage, lawmakers formally started the session and promptly recessed until next Monday, when the governor is now scheduled to give his speech.—
Campbell Robertson,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Prorogue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prorogue. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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