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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
Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
The Great Northern has been a victim, like so many other downtown office buildings, of deferred maintenance.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 22 Apr. 2026
Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
Booker deferred too much to Durant.
—Doug Haller, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
Grief opens the way to a reckoning with place, stasis and deferred desire.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
The Great Northern has been a victim, like so many other downtown office buildings, of deferred maintenance.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 22 Apr. 2026
Verb
In February, opponents packed the City Hall chambers ahead of a planned Historic Preservation Board meeting, which was ultimately deferred at the Fontainebleau’s request after one of the board members didn’t show up.
—Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
Booker deferred too much to Durant.
—Doug Haller, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deferred
Adjective
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The combination of the chiming, delayed guitar, twiddly ‘80s synths, weird time signatures and Fish’s unique lyrics and vocal delivery all added up to a very intriguing listen.—
Liza Lentini,
SPIN,
8 May 2026
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What started as a delayed flight out of Atlanta quickly turned into a federal case.—
Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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The state's May 16 congressional primaries already have been postponed.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 May 2026
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Trump has continued to praise the bilateral relationship since returning to the White House, even after his Beijing visit, originally scheduled for March, was postponed due to the early stages of the Iran war.—
Will Weissert,
Fortune,
11 May 2026
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However, the Andes virus type aboard the Hondius is known to spread between people, albeit rarely, and most often from prolonged, close contact with a symptomatic person who has the respiratory disease, according to the CDC.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
9 May 2026
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Found in the southern Andes region of Argentina and Chile, the Andes strain has been associated with rare human-to-human transmission after close, prolonged contact with an ill infected person.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
9 May 2026
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“Deferred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deferred. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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