Example Sentences

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When earthquakes, floods, fires and other disasters happen, the IRS commonly suspends all sorts of deadlines for impacted taxpayers.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

It suspends us in that mutable realm, placing us—restlessly, almost hypnotically—in the ever-moving present.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

The ruling also suspends a Pentagon designation of Anthropic, creator of the Claude AI model, as a national security supply chain risk -- a label typically reserved for organizations from unfriendly foreign countries.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Octavia Butler's fictional president, elected in November 2024, brings back indentured servitude and suspends all regulations.

From Salon • May 17, 2025

It simply suspends certain of the civil obligations and effects of marriage.

From Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World by Ringrose, Hyacinthe