deferral

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Recent Examples of deferral There is pretty much 100% success rate (of granting the deferral). Lydia Mee, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025 This is sometimes called a deferral. Carrie Madormo, Health, 14 Sep. 2025 The bill tries to remove that obstacle by offering a tax deferral through a certificate of divestiture, which is already available to certain executive branch officials. Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents detained him in Indianapolis during a routine check-in required after obtaining a temporary deferral of deportation. Lluvia Gaucin, IndyStar, 26 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for deferral
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postponement
Noun
  • The post came after several weeks of public concern about her condition following the postponement of her upcoming Las Vegas residency, her first in more than three decades.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The residency postponement came just over a week after Parton skipped an event at her Dollywood theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tenn.
    Rachel DeSantis, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Deferral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deferral. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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