Postpone the deadline

Grammar usage guide and real-world examples

Britain submitted plans to the European Commission to postpone the deadline for 24 of the zones but it did not request time extensions for 16.

For five consecutive weeks, Elan obtained waivers from those bondholders to postpone the deadline and allow for protracted negotiations with the commission and the company's auditor, KPMG.

The Obama administration has asked for more time to straighten things out, and the Senate voted unanimously to postpone the deadline for four months.

The Times reported and Yahoo now confirmed that Yahoo will postpone the deadline to nominate directors and thus put off Microsoft's plan to offer an alternative slate.

If that won't suffice, Congress should postpone the deadline by a few months to allow more time for an easier transition.

As part of the effort, the Treasury secretary, Timothy F. Geithner, agreed to postpone the deadline for the credit union industry to cover the cost of the mortgage-related losses at the wholesale credit unions until June 2021.

The parties initially postponed the deadline to reach a deal for 90 days, then postponed it again until Dec. 31.

But Yahoo! postponed the deadline, buying more time and keeping Microsoft officially friendly, for now.There are worse fates for Mr Yang than selling.

The Housing Office has postponed the deadline for undergraduate dormitory residents to formally confirm or decline their on-campus housing status for next year to April 13 from March 7.

The Georgia Institute of Technology has one of the earliest fall application deadlines, Oct. 15, but it was not able to start reviewing applications on a large scale until last week and has postponed the deadline for some supporting paperwork until Nov. 1.

Postponing the deadline for enrollment would create havoc for the insurance plans that have set their costs based on a March 31 , 2014 deadline — and possibly increase insurance premiums the following year and beyond.