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
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The deferral, please take that time to look at the numbers.
—Littice Bacon-Blood, NOLA.com, 17 May 2018
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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
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The 15-year deferral comes at a cost, and not just in the form in interest.
—Daniel J. Pilla, National Review, 4 Aug. 2021
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Bonilla was not the first MLB star to have deferrals in his contract.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 1 July 2024
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The Dodgers have been the most aggressive with deferrals.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 1 July 2024
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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
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That deferral gives the White House a narrow window to keep trying.
—Kriston Capps, Bloomberg.com, 24 Dec. 2020
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What a lot of people think of as tax avoidance is mostly just tax deferral.
—Star Tribune, 12 June 2021
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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
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With the deferrals, the present-day value of the deal is reportedly around $90 million over three years.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2025
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This will reduce your taxable income in the year of deferral.
—Bruce Brumberg, Forbes, 9 Nov. 2021
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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
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Now, two weeks later, Nick Mosby has again asked for a deferral.
—Emily Opilo, baltimoresun.com, 1 June 2021
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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
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Thanks largely to the Dodgers, salary deferrals have become a hot topic in baseball.
—Jared Wyllys, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
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Lawmakers didn’t have much time to consider the long-range effects of the tax deferral.
—Scott Moritz, Bloomberg.com, 18 Sep. 2020
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Trump said if he is re-elected the deferral would be forgiven.
—Dee Depass, Star Tribune, 11 Aug. 2020
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That deferment will leave $200 million in the economy through the deferral of the payments, Husted said.
—cleveland, 21 Mar. 2020
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Those who were unable to make it to Boston were offered a deferral or refund.
—Jimmy Golen, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Apr. 2022
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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
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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
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This one tops Shohei Ohtani’s deal with the Dodgers by over $250 million after adjusting for deferrals.
—Tim Britton, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
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This one tops Shohei Ohtani’s deal with the Dodgers by over $250 million after adjusting for deferrals.
—Tim Britton, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
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He was predicted to sign a three-year, $93.3 million deal, with deferrals that lower the present-day value.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 12 Jan. 2025
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Steve Cohen gets his man, and beats the Yankees in the process, with a record-setting contract that contains no deferrals and an opt-out after five years.
—Tim Britton, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
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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
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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
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That is, tax deferral can be lost quickly, a topic for a later column.
—Julie Jason, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2019
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The Dodgers are able to manage some of their expenses by deferring money, with nearly $1 billion in deferrals that will be owed in the future to seven players.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025
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