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s-uh-SPEND/səˈspend/

To suspend is to stop something officially for a time, or to hang something: suspend a sitting, suspend a student, a lamp suspended from the ceiling. Pause is everyday; cancel ends it; resume sits opposite the pause. Suspension (this batch) is the noun. Do not wait for a headline to cool instead of dating ethics.

Meaning

To officially stop something for a time; also to hang something.

Examples

• “Suspend recruitment until ethics is dated, not until the headline cools.”
• “Pause is everyday. Halt is stronger. Cancel is the end. Hang is the physical sense. A headline is weather in the press. A dated form is a condition. Stop the recruitment clock until the date exists.”

Good to know

Pause officially for a time. Everyday: pause. Contrast: cancel (end it). Noun: suspension (this batch). Headlines are not ethics dates.

Near in meaning

pause

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