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
Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
Luckily, the travelers eventually made it to their hostel in San Jose, Costa Rica, via a flight with a layover in Houston, Texas, and their flight from California to Costa Rica cost around $400.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 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
The team will play in Sacramento for at least the next three seasons, in what has been announced as a temporary layover en route to a permanent ballpark in Las Vegas.
—Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
Luckily, the travelers eventually made it to their hostel in San Jose, Costa Rica, via a flight with a layover in Houston, Texas, and their flight from California to Costa Rica cost around $400.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 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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The actor recently surprised fans with a bar crawl in New York City with stops at Dante, Buddakan and Peachy’s.—
Adam Morganstern,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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The economy is strong, even though Trump is working hard to put a stop to that.—
Garry Kasparov,
The Atlantic,
17 Apr. 2025
Verb
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But on Wednesday, April 16, ticket holders received a message that the event was postponed.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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This reflects the trend of more Americans either opting not to have kids or postponing them until later.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
15 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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There's also great uncertainty as Trump seeks negotiations with China and begins talks with other counties whose larger tariffs were delayed by 90 days.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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Funds should go out within 30 days of the final approval hearing on July 17, 2025, but they may be delayed by appeals or injunctions.—
Ryley Amond,
CNBC,
18 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 23 Apr. 2025.
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