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- noun Plural form of
postponer .
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Examples
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"However, we know that the 'postponers' are just as rabid on the idea of conquering the Universe as the others are -- only they are a lot more cautious and won't take even a gambler's chance of a defeat.
Skylark Three Hans Waldemar Wessolowski 1927
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"A good chunk are postponers, those who delay parenthood."
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Our states desperately need governors with the guts to be problem solvers rather than problem postponers.
Joseph A. Califano Jr.: How to Permanently Reduce State Medicaid and Prison Costs Instead of Postponing and Papering Over Them Joseph A. Califano Jr. 2011
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Our states desperately need governors with the guts to be problem solvers rather than problem postponers.
Joseph A. Califano Jr.: How to Permanently Reduce State Medicaid and Prison Costs Instead of Postponing and Papering Over Them Joseph A. Califano Jr. 2011
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Much more than the theories and wishes of the "cutters" or "postponers", it is only the needs of voters and workers which really matter, and right now workers need Congress to first address unemployment.
Leo Hindery, Jr.: Deficit "Cutters" vs. "Postponers" -- a False Choice 2010
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There is 'false choice' debate underway within Congress and the administration between "cutters" of the federal deficit and the "postponers", and it played out in spades in last week's unemployment benefits extension debate in Congress.
Leo Hindery, Jr.: Deficit "Cutters" vs. "Postponers" -- a False Choice 2010
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In France and Germany the would-be postponers represent a huge majority (74 percent in France, 73 in Germany).
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But "cutters" and "postponers" are not, as I said, in a winner-take-all contest, unless they foolishly insist on being in such -- and the U.S. does not have to choose between stimulus and austerity.
Leo Hindery, Jr.: Deficit "Cutters" vs. "Postponers" -- a False Choice 2010
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But "cutters" and "postponers" are not, as I said, in a winner-take-all contest, unless they foolishly insist on being in such -- and the U.S. does not have to choose between stimulus and austerity.
Leo Hindery, Jr.: Deficit "Cutters" vs. "Postponers" -- a False Choice 2010
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Much more than the theories and wishes of the cutters or postponers, it is only the needs of voters and workers which really matter, and right now workers need Congress to first address unemployment.
Leo Hindery, Jr.: Deficit "Cutters" vs. "Postponers" -- a False Choice 2010
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