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take a break or close a formal meeting or gathering

Immediately thereafter, the ladies adjourned for refreshments.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

adjourned = took a break or finished a meeting

The meeting is now adjourned.
E. B. White -- Charlotte's Web

adjourned = officially ended

For Grace's sake, they had adjourned all decision on what future, if any, their marriage might have.
Nicholas Evans -- The Horse Whisperer
We adjourned to the conference room, and in a few moments, Red Stevens was once again speaking to us from the video screen.
Jim Stovall -- The Ultimate Gift
Per the instructions that all of you received in advance, we will now adjourn for thirty minutes to allow you to discuss the order with your clients.
Nicholas Sparks -- The Longest Ride
The judge rapped for order, and said: "Court will adjourn for one hour."
Richard Wright -- Native Son
This body passed a resolution to adjourn for the purpose of visiting Tuskegee.
Booker T. Washington -- Up From Slavery: An Autobiography
Congress adjourned on schedule and its members left town, along with George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.
Laurie Halse Anderson -- Fever, 1793
At six o'clock Ed Soames made the announcement: the jurors had adjourned for the night.
David Guterson -- Snow Falling on Cedars
After dinner, we continued celebrating and somehow the party got adjourned back to the installation.
Roger Zelazny -- My Name is Legion
If you need to speak with me, we can adjourn briefly to my office.
J.D. Robb -- Naked in Death
The same day as Lee's capture, Washington learned that Congress had adjourned in order to move to a safer location at Baltimore.
David G. McCullough -- 1776
The defense holds that the court shall be adjourned.
Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee -- Inherit the Wind
Before the congress adjourned, it was decided that another congress of American writers would be called in New York the following summer, 1935.
Richard Wright -- Black Boy
When all the evidence had been taken, the court was adjourned for almost an hour.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- The Brothers Karamazov
The Judges having to take part in a public demonstration out of doors, the Tribunal adjourned.
Charles Dickens -- A Tale of Two Cities
But with that particular incident the court was adjourned for this day.
Theodore Dreiser -- An American Tragedy
Howsomever, court was adjourned before the judge passed sentence.
Zane Grey -- Riders of the Purple Sage
But all he did was to point out the lateness of the hour and to ask for an adjournment till the following afternoon.
Albert Camus -- The Stranger
Judge Iversen agreed that the court should adjourn for lunch.
Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

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