as in to postpone
to assign to a later time
we'll have to lay over a discussion of the issue until the next meeting
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Recent Examples of layover
Brittney Melton, NPR, 21 Feb. 2025
Duterte received medical attention during the layover in Dubai.
—Reuters, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2025
Ammar Cheikh Omar, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2024
Each fence, wall, hedge, or canal laid over or through an existing path must be punctured by a gate, stile, or bridge.
—Steven Potter, Outside Online, 19 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Over 170 migrants — all Venezuelan — were flown to Honduras as a layover before being sent back home to Venezuela yesterday.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 21 Feb. 2025
Duterte received medical attention during the layover in Dubai.
—Reuters, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2025
Verb
Part of the foundation for the success of HTS and its allies has been laid over the past four years, with the group investing in professionalizing its forces and buying materiel such as drones, analysts say.
—Ammar Cheikh Omar, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2024
Each fence, wall, hedge, or canal laid over or through an existing path must be punctured by a gate, stile, or bridge.
—Steven Potter, Outside Online, 19 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for layover
Noun
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The scales also tip when police intervene in some way, as was the case last March when a driver fleeing Independence police ran over stop sticks, lost control and struck two people on a motorcycle, killing them both.—
Katie Moore,
Kansas City Star,
7 Apr. 2025
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If this occurs before 3:25 p.m. ET, trading stops for 15 minutes.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2025
Verb
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She’s now been forced to postpone more shows and cancel outright festival appearances in Mexico and California.—
Matthew Strauss,
Pitchfork,
5 Apr. 2025
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The prospect of continued rain Saturday morning was enough to lead to organizers of the Bentonville Half Marathon to postpone the event, which was originally scheduled for 7 a.m. Saturday.—
NWA Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Trump administration continued the deportation of the migrants after a stopover in Honduras despite a verbal and written order by Boasberg attempting to halt two deportation flights.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
20 Mar. 2025
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Mary’s Point, New Brunswick Officially designated a Ramsar Wetland in 1982, Mary’s Point has earned abundant acclaim for its ecological significance, with countless shorebirds using the site as a stopover point during their annual migration.—
Jared Ranahan,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
Verb
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However, the brothers will still have a resentencing hearing soon, provided it does not get delayed again.—
Kate Nalepinski,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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China’s chief antitrust regulator is currently reviewing the BlackRock-Hutchison deal, effectively delaying the transaction before it was expected to be signed on April 2.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Lynch could return to challenge or put over someone for the U.S. title.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Because his drug was a gene therapy, public grant money and private philanthropy played an especially central role, with the National Institutes of Health alone putting over $450 million into science related to SMA.—
Robin Fields,
CNN,
17 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said the carrier will defer deliveries of new aircraft if they are hit with tariffs.—
Dan Mangan,Kevin Breuninger,Jeff Cox,Christina Wilkie,Erin Doherty,Ruxandra Iordache,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2025
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Shohei Ohtani’s 10-year, $700 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers is massively deferred, lowering its present value to $460.8 million, according to Major League Baseball’s calculations.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Layover.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/layover. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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