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to assign to a later time
we agreed to defer a discussion of the issue until we had more information
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Recent Examples of deferred
Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 27 May 2026
Yet, the exit markets are frozen, zombie funds are multiplying, and deferred problems are compounding.
—Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Tess Riski
may 28, Miami Herald, 28 May 2026
The German restaurant and beerhouse had its proposal to host public soccer viewing events in the plaza directly in front of the business deferred twice by the city.
—Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 23 May 2026
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Adjective
His presentation comes after the city recently dug itself out of a roughly $3 million budget deficit last year and now projects at least $130 million in deferred maintenance on parks and facilities within the next decade.
—Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 27 May 2026
Yet, the exit markets are frozen, zombie funds are multiplying, and deferred problems are compounding.
—Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Verb
On Thursday, the Miami City Commission deferred a vote on Higgins’ bond proposal to July 9, six weeks from now.
—Tess Riski
may 28, Miami Herald, 28 May 2026
The German restaurant and beerhouse had its proposal to host public soccer viewing events in the plaza directly in front of the business deferred twice by the city.
—Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 23 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deferred
Adjective
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The Metro-North Platform in Stamford The Stamford train platform is not exactly poetry — unless your idea of romance involves delayed commuters, laptop bags, and people silently negotiating personal space.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
27 May 2026
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Mean procedure time was just 35 minutes, with zero periprocedural or delayed complications.—
Richard Menger MD MPA,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
Verb
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Executives from the top AI and tech firms had been invited, and some were en route to the White House when the order was postponed.—
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
2 June 2026
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The sentencing date for two men who pleaded guilty to siphoning money from a campaign account belonging to gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra will be postponed for at least two months, court records show.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
2 June 2026
Adjective
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For Knicks fans, the half century since those two titles has been a prolonged excruciation with intermittent periods of thwarted hope.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
30 May 2026
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Placing foods in plastic containers that are still hot, using containers for an prolonged period and exposing it repeatedly to the dishwasher can all lead to the release of chemicals.—
Gavin Escott,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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“Deferred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deferred. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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