How to Use deferral in a Sentence

deferral

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  • This changes the odds that deferral will be a good deal.
    — Scott Burns, Dallas News, 22 Aug. 2020
  • The deferral, please take that time to look at the numbers.
    — Littice Bacon-Blood, NOLA.com, 17 May 2018
  • And as time goes on, all of the deferral — both to a culture and of her own needs — changes her.
    — Susan Burton, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2024
  • The 15-year deferral comes at a cost, and not just in the form in interest.
    — Daniel J. Pilla, National Review, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Bonilla was not the first MLB star to have deferrals in his contract.
    — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 1 July 2024
  • The Dodgers have been the most aggressive with deferrals.
    — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 1 July 2024
  • In essence, the deferral is an interest-free loan that would have to be repaid.
    — Jonathan Lemire and Zeke Miller, chicagotribune.com, 9 Aug. 2020
  • That deferral gives the White House a narrow window to keep trying.
    — Kriston Capps, Bloomberg.com, 24 Dec. 2020
  • What a lot of people think of as tax avoidance is mostly just tax deferral.
    — Star Tribune, 12 June 2021
  • But, while it was slated May 19 for a vote, Nick Mosby, who is the board’s chair, requested a deferral to June 2.
    — Emily Opilo, baltimoresun.com, 1 June 2021
  • This will reduce your taxable income in the year of deferral.
    — Bruce Brumberg, Forbes, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Naftogaz’s proposed deferral needed the approval of at least 75% of debtholders voting on each of the bonds.
    — Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ, 26 July 2022
  • Now, two weeks later, Nick Mosby has again asked for a deferral.
    — Emily Opilo, baltimoresun.com, 1 June 2021
  • The province agreed to a two-year deferral on about 2,000 hectares of old-growth, though that has not persuaded protesters to leave.
    — Judith Lavoie, Vogue, 22 June 2021
  • Lawmakers didn’t have much time to consider the long-range effects of the tax deferral.
    — Scott Moritz, Bloomberg.com, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Trump said if he is re-elected the deferral would be forgiven.
    — Dee Depass, Star Tribune, 11 Aug. 2020
  • That deferment will leave $200 million in the economy through the deferral of the payments, Husted said.
    — cleveland, 21 Mar. 2020
  • Those who were unable to make it to Boston were offered a deferral or refund.
    — Jimmy Golen, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Apr. 2022
  • If the borrower can afford only their old payment, a deferral might be the right answer, in which the delinquent balance is added to the back end of the loan.
    — Washington Post, 7 May 2021
  • The new measures will also include up to 90-day deferrals of IRS tax payments up to $1 million.
    — Anneken Tappe, CNN, 17 Mar. 2020
  • Some may have programs such as buybacks (which means the buying back of goods) or a one-month payment deferral offers.
    — Renée Sylvestre-Williams, refinery29.com, 14 Dec. 2021
  • The deferral option is in effect for any paycheck issued from September 1 through the end of this year.
    — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 3 Sep. 2020
  • That is, tax deferral can be lost quickly, a topic for a later column.
    — Julie Jason, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2019
  • Because the event is still taking place, there will be no refunds, deferrals or transfers.
    — Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 13 Feb. 2024
  • There is no prescribed time limit for this, but every day of deferral makes the process more difficult.
    — Mark Maurer, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2020
  • Renters have sought payment deferrals from their landlords and many cities and states have halted evictions.
    — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2020
  • In practice, providers say, the result is constant deferral and delay.
    — ProPublica, 9 June 2022
  • In the end, Bonano moved for the deferral, which was unanimously approved.
    — Faimon Roberts, NOLA.com, 3 Feb. 2021
  • After agreeing to a one-year deferral, but before the completing repairs on the house, the couple said Bank of America changed the terms.
    — Nancy Sarnoff, Houston Chronicle, 22 Sep. 2019
  • Allowing a tariff increase without any congressional vote at all is a much greater deferral of authority.
    — Dylan Matthews, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018

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