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The phrase "adjourned the action" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal or formal contexts when referring to the suspension or postponement of a proceeding or activity.
Example: "The judge decided to adjourn the action until the following week to allow for further evidence to be gathered."
Alternatives: "suspended the proceedings" or "postponed the case".
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Mr Justice Norris adjourned the action until next month.
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J Burns adjourned the meeting at 2 06pm.
The chairman then adjourned the meeting indefinitely.
You adjourned the committee.
Braverman then adjourned the meeting.
The court adjourned the hearing until Thursday.
Instead, he adjourned the commission until April.
Castel adjourned the case for the weekend.
Masipa adjourned the trial until Tuesday.
made last-ditch attempts to forestall the nuclear vote, but his efforts to adjourn the Senate and postpone action until April 24 so the parties could try to work out a compromise failed on party-line votes.
Meanwhile, as the Legislature adjourned without action, recriminations began.
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