How to Use deferred in a Sentence

deferred

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  • The loans provide for deferred payments and offer the prospect of forgiveness if the money is used to retain workers or hire back those who have been laid off.
    — Editors, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2020
  • There are companies that are still hiring essential workers or making offers on a deferred basis or work-from-home basis.
    — Anna Beahm | [email protected], al, 30 Apr. 2020
  • The committee also approved $2 million in a deferred loan to the developers.
    — Robert Higgs, cleveland, 4 Feb. 2020
  • Arrangements for deferred payments and extensions for leases and warranties are widely available.
    — Norman Mayersohn, New York Times, 1 May 2020
  • City Council also approved a $2 million deferred loan to the developers.
    — Robert Higgs, cleveland, 13 Feb. 2020
  • Keep in mind that any deferred payments still need to be made eventually, as a lump sum or tacked onto the end of your mortgage, warned AARP.
    — Russ Wiles, azcentral, 19 Apr. 2020
  • In the other two cases, the companies struck similar deferred prosecution agreements.
    — Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2020
  • Celis had been on deferred adjudication probation for several felony charges, including three burglaries and the theft of a car in Irving, court records show.
    — Dana Branham, Dallas News, 27 Apr. 2020
  • Promotional offers, such as 0% interest rates for a certain period, may come with hidden conditions, such as deferred interest.
    — True Tamplin, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Both sides are working to resolve the deferred deal in light of the judge's concerns.
    — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2023
  • With all the deferred money, the Pack has seen its future, and it is mortgaged.
    — Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2022
  • The deferred judgment meant it could be expunged from Lewis’ record.
    — Michelle Watson, CNN, 6 Nov. 2022
  • The deferred judgment means this may be expunged from Lewis’ record.
    — Lucy Kafanov, CNN, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The Dodgers, in fact, have made Bonilla’s yearly deferred income look like chump change.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2024
  • In addition to the salaries owed him, his deal with the Cubs included a deferred signing bonus.
    — Phil Rogers, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
  • And for two years, my deferred and delayed travel plans have been burning a hole in my backpack!
    — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Mar. 2022
  • That song is a drifter song, a song about regret, about the different deferred dreams of everyone in this town.
    — Lily Moayeri, Variety, 1 Mar. 2023
  • And even though Ramirez last played with Boston back in 2008, the Sox are still paying the slugging left fielder through a deferred payment plan.
    — Conor Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The charge was dropped as part of a deferred prosecution agreement.
    — Mary Spicuzza, Journal Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2022
  • In the case of a felony, a deferred adjudication can keep a defendant out of jail or prison.
    — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 13 July 2022
  • Ohtani’s acceptance of so much deferred money gives the Dodgers plenty of room to work the free agent market this season.
    — Jack Magruder, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • As Kirke has previously said, the chain offered an up-front pay increase and a deferred bonus that was banked.
    — al, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Phantom equity can be like a 401(k) plan that’s deferred tax free.
    — Robert Frank, CNBC, 29 July 2024
  • In past budget crises, Petek wrote, the state made across-the-board cuts to per-pupil allocations (the amount the state spends per student) and deferred payments.
    — Jenavieve Hatch, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Now the same type of deferred payment scheme is coming to most other Apple products.
    — Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, 8 June 2020
  • The employer would still owe the deferred payroll taxes.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 11 Sep. 2020
  • Ryan Koss, 35, received a one-year deferred sentence and will be on probation.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2024
  • In some cases, as with Newman Delany, it’s been a deferred calling.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 11 July 2024
  • But speeding up that project has come at the expense of other deferred maintenance.
    — Briana Bierschbach, Star Tribune, 20 July 2021
  • But that's growing harder amid a warming climate and deferred maintenance at aging schools.
    — Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 16 Aug. 2024

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