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
Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 5 Mar. 2025
Use them to freshen up during a layover, or deal with a minor spill.
—Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2025
Jacqueline Kilikita, refinery29.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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
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Noun
There are fewer opportunities for foul-ups and mishandling between flights when there are fewer connections and layovers.
—Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 5 Mar. 2025
Use them to freshen up during a layover, or deal with a minor spill.
—Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
Imagined by celebrity colorists Zoë Irwin and Nicola Clarke at John Frieda, airy lights are essentially teeny tiny blonde highlights that are dotted along both sides of the [hair part] and carefully laid over a darker tone for contrast, as seen on model Amelia Swaby.
—Jacqueline Kilikita, refinery29.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for layover
Noun
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And then he kind of stops — not completely, but slows down.—
Alan Light,
New York Times,
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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Their trial, originally set for next week, has been postponed until July.—
Andrea Tinianow,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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However, her lawyer asked for the hearing to be postponed, and a judge granted the adjournment, Virginia's rep tells PEOPLE.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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What To Know The French Embassy in Djibouti announced on Saturday that the Charles de Gaulle and its escorting ships made a stopover in the former French territory in the Horn of Africa.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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The flights continued to their destination after a stopover in Honduras, despite the ruling.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
28 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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Even so, merely delaying the change doesn't help others and, frankly, customer service could still suffer longer term.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
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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Beyond the Status Quo: Rebuilding Strategic Autonomy For decades, both major political parties have deferred substantive structural reform.—
Joel Shulman,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Layover.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/layover. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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