postponed until vs postponed to

Both "postponed until" and "postponed to" are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. "Postponed until" is used when specifying the new date or time when something will happen after being delayed. On the other hand, "postponed to" is used when indicating the action or event to which the postponement is being rescheduled.

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postponed until

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to specify the new date or time when something will happen after being delayed. For example, "The meeting has been postponed until next Monday."

Examples:

The concert has been postponed until further notice.
The deadline for the project has been postponed until next week.
The event has been postponed until a later date.
The flight has been postponed until tomorrow.
The release of the new product has been postponed until next month.

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I would therefore like to recommend that the vote on these reports be postponed until the November II part-session.
In accordance with what you have just said, I put it to the House that the debate should be postponed until 5.00 p.m. this evening.
The decision of the European Council was postponed until December 2005.
Where bananas were concerned, complete liberalisation was postponed until 2006.
I am asking for the vote to be postponed until tomorrow.
Giannina's appearance has been postponed until tomorrow.
The regulation should have been implemented in November 2008, but implementation was postponed until May 2009.
This must not be postponed until next year.
The actual implementation of the law has been postponed until 1 July 2004, until the reception centre for asylum seekers is operational.
It was postponed until December and then until January of this year, as no agreement had been reached on the provisions concerning genetically modified organisms.
The aim was to lift the ban in 2010, but that was postponed until 2013.
In addition, rapporteur Peijs would like the entry into force of the Regulation to be postponed until 1 March 2002.
However, I regret that this proposal has been postponed until 2012, when today's young people need it now.
A year ago it still looked like the date for the enlargement of the Schengen area would be postponed until 2009.
This is why I would ask for the vote to be postponed until Wednesday, Mr President.
This sentence's been postponed until further notice.
Perhaps this discussion should be postponed until the king's return.
Vote postponed until the September II part-session (Rule 170(4)).
The game was postponed until next week.
Vaccination should, therefore, be postponed until completion of pregnancy.

Alternatives:

delayed until
rescheduled to
moved to
pushed back to
deferred until

postponed to

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate the action or event to which the postponement is being rescheduled. For example, "The meeting has been postponed to next Monday."