defers

present tense third-person singular of defer

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Recent Examples of defers Buffett’s buy-and-hold approach not only compounds wealth but also defers taxes, allowing more capital to keep working year after year. Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025 The strategy seeds ETFs before launch, and the original investor defers capital gains until selling their shares. Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for defers
Verb
  • Scripps continues to pursue a strategy that focuses on the northern parts of San Diego County and postpones reconstruction plans for Scripps Mercy Hospital, which operates sister campuses in Hillcrest and Chula Vista.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The panel’s decision postpones the effective dates of TPS terminations directed by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
    Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • These early shifts—less COVID vaccination; fewer options for flu, MMR, and chickenpox vaccines; and, perhaps soon, delays to the hepatitis-B schedule—may seem benign enough.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Too much light in the evening — that extra hour from daylight saving time — delays that surge and the cycle gets out of sync.
    Jeremy Tanner, The Hill, 17 Sep. 2025

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“Defers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defers. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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