1
: withheld for or until a stated time
a deferred payment
2
: charged in cases of delayed handling
telegraphs sent at deferred rates
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Also included in the lawsuit is a 46-year-old vendor of tamales in Los Angeles who was beaten at a bus stop in 2021 and had received a deferred action status.
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Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
The main campus looks classically New England—handsome brick buildings in decay, with about a billion dollars in deferred maintenance.
—Emma Green, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Roughly 4,000 employees opted to take deferred resignation offers from the administration, for example, reducing the agency’s workforce by more than 20%.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Hundreds have been laid off, and thousands more have accepted voluntary retirement or deferred resignation offers.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
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Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
The main campus looks classically New England—handsome brick buildings in decay, with about a billion dollars in deferred maintenance.
—Emma Green, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Roughly 4,000 employees opted to take deferred resignation offers from the administration, for example, reducing the agency’s workforce by more than 20%.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Hundreds have been laid off, and thousands more have accepted voluntary retirement or deferred resignation offers.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Deferred.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deferred. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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