Examples of college/student deferment in a Sentence
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Adib was drafted after losing his student deferment.
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John Kelly, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
As a young man, Franchot left Amherst College to join the presidential campaign of Sen. Eugene McCarthy, lost his student deferment and was drafted in the Vietnam War.
—Rebecca Tan, Washington Post, 7 July 2022
Izzy Connor — whose parents have lived halfway across the country from each other for years in order to support her dream — also needed to check on a college deferment from the University of California-Santa Cruz.
—Stacy St. Clair, chicagotribune.com, 6 Aug. 2021
With no military experience — a college deferment and a knee injury kept him out of the service — and a relatively small home-state military presence, Mr. Levin was an anomaly in the top Armed Services Committee slot.
—Washington Post, 30 July 2021
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John Kelly, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
As a young man, Franchot left Amherst College to join the presidential campaign of Sen. Eugene McCarthy, lost his student deferment and was drafted in the Vietnam War.
—Rebecca Tan, Washington Post, 7 July 2022
Izzy Connor — whose parents have lived halfway across the country from each other for years in order to support her dream — also needed to check on a college deferment from the University of California-Santa Cruz.
—Stacy St. Clair, chicagotribune.com, 6 Aug. 2021
With no military experience — a college deferment and a knee injury kept him out of the service — and a relatively small home-state military presence, Mr. Levin was an anomaly in the top Armed Services Committee slot.
—Washington Post, 30 July 2021
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“College/student deferment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/college%2Fstudent%20deferment. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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