The conflict was merely postponed to either later again in the meeting or the next one.

An extension would merely postpone, once again, a solution to this problem.

But state officials say that simply returning him to prison would merely postpone the inevitable.

Yes, but those times you were merely postponing the onset of the process.

So why did she get the feeling that she hadn't won the battle, but merely postponed the war?

But the Governors have merely postponed the day of reckoning.

But Nevlin, though he didn't know it, was merely postponing talking time.

Will had the sense that their reckoning was merely postponed, not canceled.

But some analysts see the drop as evidence that companies are merely postponing purchases until the new year.

The bill does not invalidate the agreement, merely postpones it.