SUSPENDING Synonyms: 83 Similar and Opposite Words

suspending

verb

present participle of suspend

as in postponing

to bring to a formal close for a period of time the judge suspended the hearing to give the district attorney more time to process evidence

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as in hanging

to place on an elevated point without support from below suspended a banner proclaiming the town's "Heritage Days" from the archway

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Recent Examples of suspending This gave Katalyst a few more months of schedule margin at the expense of suspending Swift’s scientific observations. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026 The series issued several major penalties and suspensions to both Chad Bryant and Steve Civatarese, suspending both indefinitely from NASCAR events — as well as the 2027 event at Martinsville. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026 A lot of the fish will be suspending or relating to isolated objects off the bank. — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026 California Democrats are leading by suspending environmental regulations to expedite wildfire mitigation. — Chris Edwards, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2026 The other four networks in the rotation — CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox — declined to replace CNN, suspending coverage for most of the week, an act of protest that meant a dearth of video images from the White House. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026 Rogers also has proposed suspending state and federal gas taxes. — Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 22 Sep. 2026 Healey was asked back in March about suspending the gas tax, but did not directly address the issue. — Neal Riley, CBS News, 22 Sep. 2026 Former Edison football coach Dave White remembers suspending his team’s best player before a trip to Hawaii for a team rule violation. — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026

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But postponing change without knowing whom the current program reaches, whether people improve or what another year will cost is not risk avoidance.

— Stephen Sokoler, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
As well as postponing the doc, which is produced by Voltage TV, Netflix has also pulled the trailer from its YouTube channel.

— K.J. Yossman, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of postponing

Verb

In contrast, the various legal methods of human execution — from hanging to electrocution to gassing — are neither peaceful nor painless.

— Dr. Jacob Appel, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026
Its campsites are shaded by tall pine trees, ideal for hanging a hammock.

— Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of hanging

Verb

And the tariffs are a terrible idea in any event, amounting to a consumer tax and interrupting crucial trade.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
In other words, the systems naturally ensure that only egregious and important errors get reviewed — because those are the only ones worthy of interrupting games.

— Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of interrupting

Verb

The sandals were finished with ornate gold-tone ankle cuffs with dangling bells.

— Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
No one want to a repeat of the situation that occurred with the 2023 releases of The Flash and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, two movies made by one studio regime and opened by another, and which were left dangling in the wind.

— Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of dangling

Verb

After recessing up the aisle, the newlyweds ran back across the bridge hand in hand.

— Alexandra Macon, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2026
Supreme Court recently handed notable losses to Trump The latest survey was taken July 1-19, just days after the justices dropped some of their biggest decisions before recessing for the summer.

— Emily R. Condon, USA Today, 30 July 2026

Definition of recessing

Verb

The House declined to take up the bill before adjourning, saying members needed more time to evaluate it.

— Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson avoided a vote on that by sending the House home early, adjourning Congress until after the midterm elections.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026