Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Admitting of postponement or delay.
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- adjective That can be
postponed .
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Examples
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A: "I think the economy has stopped shutting down, but you are seeing people getting by with less on what are 'postponable' purchases.
Free Internet Press 2010
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The firm added that Big Lots stands the most to lose in its coverage group, given its high discretionary exposure and treasure-hunt characteristics that lead to a postponable purchase.
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We must tell individuals, families, communities, nations, continents and the global community that there is preventable death, there is postponable death, there is reversible death, and there is inevitable death.
Katherine Marshall: World AIDS Day: A Conversation From Uganda With Gideon Byamugisha Katherine Marshall 2010
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We must tell individuals, families, communities, nations, continents and the global community that there is preventable death, there is postponable death, there is reversible death, and there is inevitable death.
Katherine Marshall: World AIDS Day: A Conversation From Uganda With Gideon Byamugisha Katherine Marshall 2010
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We must tell individuals, families, communities, nations, continents and the global community that there is preventable death, there is postponable death, there is reversible death, and there is inevitable death.
Katherine Marshall: World AIDS Day: A Conversation From Uganda With Gideon Byamugisha Katherine Marshall 2010
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We must tell individuals, families, communities, nations, continents and the global community that there is preventable death, there is postponable death, there is reversible death, and there is inevitable death.
Katherine Marshall: World AIDS Day: A Conversation From Uganda With Gideon Byamugisha Katherine Marshall 2010
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We must tell individuals, families, communities, nations, continents and the global community that there is preventable death, there is postponable death, there is reversible death, and there is inevitable death.
Katherine Marshall: World AIDS Day: A Conversation From Uganda With Gideon Byamugisha Katherine Marshall 2010
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We must tell individuals, families, communities, nations, continents and the global community that there is preventable death, there is postponable death, there is reversible death, and there is inevitable death.
Katherine Marshall: World AIDS Day: A Conversation From Uganda With Gideon Byamugisha Katherine Marshall 2010
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This is non-cosmetic, postponable but not exactly elective surgery; wait too long and one could end up in the E.R. getting the surgery and suffer lifetime infirmity ordeath.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Failing To Understand How Markets Work: 2009
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It usually hits “investment goods” hardest, resulting in severe decline in “postponable” expenditures such as housing, machine tools, new plants, and advertising.
Managing with Dual Strategies Derek F. Abell 1993
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