as in remitted
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
Chris Deubert, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The church had so many deferred maintenance costs.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The grant was awarded, and later Julien went before the Miami-Dade County Commission and persuaded them to build a cultural arts center, not just another teen center where children were babysat while their dreams of the arts were being deferred.
—Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
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Verb
In 1998, the Denver Broncos offered John Elway the opportunity to buy 10% of the team for $15 million and another 10% by foregoing $21 million in deferred salary.
—Chris Deubert, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The church had so many deferred maintenance costs.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Adverb
Often that liability is deferred or a firm may report paying taxes in one year on income earned in a prior year.
—Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The grant was awarded, and later Julien went before the Miami-Dade County Commission and persuaded them to build a cultural arts center, not just another teen center where children were babysat while their dreams of the arts were being deferred.
—Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deferred
Verb
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After defense attorneys raised concerns about a prosecutor's comments to a local news outlet, the misdemeanor trial for CityBeat investigative news reporter Madeline Fening was postponed until early 2026.—
Quinlan Bentley,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
2 Oct. 2025
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On Friday, the Labor Department is expected release numbers on September hiring and unemployment — though the report could be postponed if a budget impasse in Congress leads to a government shutdown Wednesday.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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How to Protect Your Luggage From Bed Bugs From delayed flights to lost luggage, travel is already anxiety-inducing enough without adding these pervasive pests to the mix.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Sep. 2025
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Sunday saw a delayed start and revamped schedule after a storm caused a shelter in place to be issued.—
Kirby Adams,
Louisville Courier Journal,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Later, in the scene in which Winnifred is kept awake by a single pea, Burnett performed a prolonged pantomime of violent physical discomfort, thrashing and dangling like a fish on a line atop a towering stack of mattresses.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Undeterred, scores of people took to the streets again this summer to mark the one-year anniversary of the initial mobilization and decry persistent police brutality, corruption, and a prolonged cost-of-living crisis.—
Mankaprr Conteh,
Rolling Stone,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Deferred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deferred. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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