sessions has been postponed vs sessions have been postponed

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "Sessions have been postponed" is the correct phrase because "sessions" is a plural noun and requires the plural form of the verb "have."

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sessions has been postponed

This phrase is incorrect. "Sessions" is a plural noun and should be followed by the plural form of the verb.

When referring to multiple sessions that have been postponed, always use the plural form of the verb "have."

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Amendment 2 proposes that this part-session period be postponed to the following week.
Madam President, my group is prepared to support the postponement of this debate on human rights provided that it takes place during the July part-session and is not postponed indefinitely.
At least, the majority of my group voted against; and after all we did ensure that the report was not adopted during the last plenary part-session, but postponed until today.
2. If this quorum does not exist, the session shall be postponed for 24 hours and the quorum required shall be the presence of the representatives of the members holding at least 85 per cent of the total participation shares allotted to the members.
These statements had been postponed to the April part-session.
had been postponed to the February II part-session.
(A7-0061/2011) had been postponed to the July part-session.
The debate on this report was held during the Strasbourg January session, but the vote has been postponed to this session.
Mr President, on page 14, in the last paragraph, it says that the Scapagnini report has been postponed to the next part-session.
At the second session of the Human Rights Council the EU tabled a text on Sri Lanka, but action on the text has been postponed.
As the Council had not yet consulted Parliament, the votes on the Brok and Barón Crespo recommendations (items 9, 10 and 11 on the agenda) had been postponed until a later part-session.
Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, in this morning's sitting, the President informed the House that the Mr Ferri's report had been postponed to a later part-session.
Following an initial vote at the November session, which secured the necessary changes that were directly related to the Treaty of Lisbon's entry into force, the other amendments have been postponed so as to allow for a longer period of reflection.
The Karin JÖNS (PES, DE) report on the PROGRESS programme and the Reimer BÖGE (EPP-ED, DE) and Salvador GARRIGA POLLEDO (EPP-ED, ES) reports dealing with proposed changes to the 2005 EU budget have been postponed to the September I session.
Just say the movie's been postponed.
All non-emergent surgeries have been postponed.
The application of that debarking requirement has been postponed twice.
This sentence's been postponed until further notice.
Just say the movie's been postponed.
It's been postponed till after tonight's renomination.

Alternatives:

sessions have been postponed
the session has been postponed

sessions have been postponed

This phrase is correct. "Sessions" is a plural noun, so it should be followed by the plural form of the verb "have."

Use this phrase when talking about multiple sessions that have been postponed.

Show examples from the web [+]

Amendment 2 proposes that this part-session period be postponed to the following week.
Madam President, my group is prepared to support the postponement of this debate on human rights provided that it takes place during the July part-session and is not postponed indefinitely.
At least, the majority of my group voted against; and after all we did ensure that the report was not adopted during the last plenary part-session, but postponed until today.
2. If this quorum does not exist, the session shall be postponed for 24 hours and the quorum required shall be the presence of the representatives of the members holding at least 85 per cent of the total participation shares allotted to the members.
These statements had been postponed to the April part-session.
had been postponed to the February II part-session.
(A7-0061/2011) had been postponed to the July part-session.
The debate on this report was held during the Strasbourg January session, but the vote has been postponed to this session.
Mr President, on page 14, in the last paragraph, it says that the Scapagnini report has been postponed to the next part-session.
At the second session of the Human Rights Council the EU tabled a text on Sri Lanka, but action on the text has been postponed.
As the Council had not yet consulted Parliament, the votes on the Brok and Barón Crespo recommendations (items 9, 10 and 11 on the agenda) had been postponed until a later part-session.
Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, in this morning's sitting, the President informed the House that the Mr Ferri's report had been postponed to a later part-session.
Following an initial vote at the November session, which secured the necessary changes that were directly related to the Treaty of Lisbon's entry into force, the other amendments have been postponed so as to allow for a longer period of reflection.
The Karin JÖNS (PES, DE) report on the PROGRESS programme and the Reimer BÖGE (EPP-ED, DE) and Salvador GARRIGA POLLEDO (EPP-ED, ES) reports dealing with proposed changes to the 2005 EU budget have been postponed to the September I session.
Just say the movie's been postponed.
All non-emergent surgeries have been postponed.
The application of that debarking requirement has been postponed twice.
This sentence's been postponed until further notice.
Just say the movie's been postponed.
It's been postponed till after tonight's renomination.

Alternatives:

the session has been postponed
the sessions have been rescheduled
the meeting has been postponed
the meetings have been postponed
the conference has been postponed

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sessions has been postponed vs sessions have been postponed