Sentence examples for rather postponed from inspiring English sources

And to the extent that people who haven't flown in the last five days will fly in the future, the revenue from their trips hasn't been lost, but rather postponed.

Research revealed that the majority of the undergraduates had thought about starting a business, although most of them did not start right after graduation and rather postponed it to a more distant future.

Or rather postpone the plunge until my second afternoon.

They indicated that they would rather postpone that fractious debate so their proposal could gain momentum.

Added to that, Mr. Olmert told Israeli officials earlier this week that he did not see the status of Jerusalem as part of the peace deal this year and would rather postpone talks on that contentious issue.

The directors have signaled for days that they would rather postpone the shareholder meeting, giving them time to either elicit a higher bid from Michael S. Dell and his partner, the investment firm Silver Lake — or get the buyers to declare their current offer of $13.65 best and final.

On Thursday, the White House sent Pelosi a letter of its own, not responding to her request, but rather postponing her scheduled delegation trip to Afghanistan by denying her use of a military plane.

This is done because costs and effects may occur at different points in time and people have a so-called positive time preference, which means that they like to have pleasant things as soon as possible, rather than in the uncertain future, while they would rather postpone unpleasant things and costs.

A public-jobs program that provides workers with a living wage and secure benefits (and that establishes benchmarks for private-sector employers) is also a form of stimulus — and one that, unlike what Obama got, might have averted, rather than postponed, the risk of a double-dip recession.

The widespread use of the term prevention would indicate that the adverse outcomes are avoided rather than postponed.

Rather than postponing action any longer, I hope he chooses this path".