adjournment
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- nonadjournment noun
- preadjournment noun
- proadjournment adjective
- readjournment noun
Etymology
Origin of adjournment
1635–45; < Anglo-French adjournement, Middle French. See adjourn, -ment
Example Sentences
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The most recent request for an adjournment of a scheduled status conference came in September.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
Shortly after October's court adjournment, the club's ownership claimed they had secured funding which would arrive "within 12 days" but ultimately that failed to materialise.
From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025
Judge Watson said he was satisfied passing sentence in the absence of the defendant, noting an adjournment was not likely to compel him to attend court.
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2025
Boasberg adjourned the hearing so Ensign could gather more information—and the government evidently exploited this adjournment to dispatch the two planes.
From Slate • Apr. 16, 2025
During the Christmas adjournment in i960,1 learned that Mak- gatho was ill in the Transkei where he was at school and I violated my banning orders and went down to see him.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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