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- verb Present participle of
prorogue .
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Examples
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Friends have indicated an interest in proroguing mortgage payments, or maternity leave until their kids hit 21.
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If proroguing is a dangerous precedent, then in the next election, the Liberals, NDP, and Bloc can run on a promise to amend the constitution in order to implement specific rules for proroguation.
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While Prime Minister Stephen Harper was being soundly berated by critics as weighty as The Economist for "proroguing" - or ending the parliamentary session - just what was Premier Dalton McGuinty up to?
Ottawa Sun 2010
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There's no tradition guiding this, just as there's no tradition guiding the notion of proroguing in order to sidestep a confidence motion.
It's prorogation. CC 2008
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AFTERSNARK: Stay tuned as numerous members of the Harper Youth praise the notion of proroguing Parliament as "leadership" and "standing up for Canada."
In twenty words or less ... CC 2008
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AFTERSNARK: Stay tuned as numerous members of the Harper Youth praise the notion of proroguing Parliament as "leadership" and "standing up for Canada."
Archive 2008-11-01 LuLu 2008
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His handling of the census is a reminder of other equally arbitrary moves, such as proroguing Parliament to avoid defeat in the Commons.
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His handling of the census is a reminder of other equally arbitrary moves, such as proroguing Parliament to avoid defeat in the Commons.
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"proroguing" on Facebook and anything else we want at the Olympics in specially designated "free speech" zones, if only we knew where they are!
TheTyee.ca Bill Tieleman 2010
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Ignatieff: Proroguing if necessary, but not necessarily proroguing.
The Librocons 2010
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