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Recent Examples of deferment
Instead, contact your loan servicer to request a temporary deferment or forbearance.
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Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
The finale left details of their lopsided arrangement a bit fuzzy, and Season 3 starts with Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), Charlotte (Kristin Davis), and especially Anthony (Mario Cantone) giving Carrie significant side-eye about Aidan’s five-year deferment.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 28 May 2025
The legislation would also nix the unemployment deferment and economic hardship deferment, both of which student loan borrowers use to pause their payments during periods of financial difficulty.
—Annie Nova,kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea,lorie Konish,jessica Dickler,greg Iacurci,ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 22 May 2025
These are requests by public service workers to retroactively count certain past forbearance or deferment months as qualifying payments toward Public Service Loan Forgiveness under a program created by recent PSLF regulations.
—Shahar Ziv, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
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Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
The finale left details of their lopsided arrangement a bit fuzzy, and Season 3 starts with Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), Charlotte (Kristin Davis), and especially Anthony (Mario Cantone) giving Carrie significant side-eye about Aidan’s five-year deferment.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 28 May 2025
The legislation would also nix the unemployment deferment and economic hardship deferment, both of which student loan borrowers use to pause their payments during periods of financial difficulty.
—Annie Nova,kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea,lorie Konish,jessica Dickler,greg Iacurci,ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 22 May 2025
These are requests by public service workers to retroactively count certain past forbearance or deferment months as qualifying payments toward Public Service Loan Forgiveness under a program created by recent PSLF regulations.
—Shahar Ziv, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deferment
Noun
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That deal centered on the deferral of reciprocal duties—lowered on the U.S. side to 30 percent and China’s side to 10 percent—for three months.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
11 June 2025
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What started out as a three-month job deferral became another three months and another six months after that.—
Jessica Sibley,
Time,
9 June 2025
Noun
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In a post-pandemic world where air travel has become increasingly unpredictable—think flight delays, overcrowded airports, and service that sometimes feels like an afterthought—finding carriers that consistently deliver excellence feels like striking gold (literally).—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
18 June 2025
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Without governance, organizations may face regulatory delays, product holds or reputational damage.—
Doron Sitbon,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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“Deferment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deferment. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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