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Recent Examples of deferment
Many of those charged with refusing to disperse agreed to partake in deferment programs to avoid jail time.
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Nathaniel Percy, Oc Register, 30 Mar. 2026
For one, new student loans will no longer have the option of deferment because of unemployment or economic hardship.
—CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
But no worries for me, because my job at the time gave me a deferment.
—Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
Tesla sought the deferment this week from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which is probing the suite of features the company also refers to as FSD.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2026
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Nathaniel Percy, Oc Register, 30 Mar. 2026
For one, new student loans will no longer have the option of deferment because of unemployment or economic hardship.
—CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
But no worries for me, because my job at the time gave me a deferment.
—Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
Tesla sought the deferment this week from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which is probing the suite of features the company also refers to as FSD.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deferment
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In the 12 months ended in April, Fitch clocked 99 defaults of various kinds, including interest payment deferrals, maturity extensions under duress, and payments-in-kind instead of cash, as well as more conventional bankruptcies, liquidations and debt-equity swaps.—
Tobias Burns,
CNBC,
28 May 2026
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Of those defaults, 60 percent involved interest payment deferrals or conversion to payment-in-kind arrangements, where borrowers simply add unpaid interest to their principal rather than paying it in cash.—
Mayra Rodriguez Valladares,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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How those dates will be affected by the postponement remains unknown until the damage is assessed.—
Andy Battaglia,
ARTnews.com,
3 June 2026
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Subscriber acquisition prospects when the service went live for Comcast customers in the spring of 2020 and nationally by July were significantly hampered by the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
2 June 2026
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Sanfilippo is a fatal pediatric neurodegenerative disorder, with each delay in treatment equaling permanent neurological decline.—
Elise Esposito,
Boston Herald,
29 May 2026
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Artemis program Due to the Mark 1 issues outlined above, there will either be significant delays to, or the need to restructure the early phases of, the Moon Base program.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
29 May 2026
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“Deferment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deferment. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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