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Example sentences for: postponing

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Donald Dossey, a North Carolina behavioral scientist, has coined a term for it: "paraskevidekatriaphobia," which he derived from the Greek for fear of Friday the 13 th . He estimates that between 17 million and 21 million Americans suffer mild to severe anxiety or change their activities--performing rituals before leaving the house, calling in sick to work, or postponing flights or major purchases--and that businesses lose $750 million in revenues because of these fears.
On Monday, you plan a lavish party for Tuesday; when Tuesday arrives, you indulge your preference for anticipation by postponing the party till Wednesday.
Late in the month, a foreign service reported that Abu Zubaydah was considering mounting terrorist attacks in the United States, after postponing possible operations in Europe.
Since higher interest rates take months to restrain economic expansion, postponing a hike is like waiting "to brake a runaway car until it is a few feet from the cliff's edge."
However, the court instructed the trial judge to take Clinton's official duties into account, which may allow him to keep postponing the trial.