How to Use deferred in a Sentence

deferred

adjective
  • Now the same type of deferred payment scheme is coming to most other Apple products.
    Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, 8 June 2020
  • But that's growing harder amid a warming climate and deferred maintenance at aging schools.
    Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Perry was not convicted, his lawyer said, but given a deferred adjudication.
    Lauren McGaughy, Dallas News, 31 July 2020
  • In the third case, a Denver police corporal pleaded guilty to menacing and received a deferred sentence.
    Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 18 June 2020
  • Kudlow said the remarks were referencing forgiveness of deferred payroll tax payments.
    Anthony Leonardi, Washington Examiner, 9 Aug. 2020
  • The report also said the tower and parking garage need about $1.3 million to address urgently needed repairs and deferred maintenance.
    Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
  • At that level of support, the mountain is able to generate enough cash to sustain its operations but cannot keep up with deferred maintenance and needed capital investments.
    Brooks Johnson, Star Tribune, 10 Aug. 2020
  • The company had requested rent relief for all of its locations, but the judge limited the deferred rent payments to stores that expect to continue operations.
    Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY, 12 June 2020
  • However, deferred maintenance to city buildings, roads and other infrastructure changes that conclusion.
    Heather McRea, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
  • He was granted deferred adjudication and was placed in the Mental Health Court Docket, according to court records.
    César G. Rodriguez, Houston Chronicle, 10 July 2020
  • 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
  • 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
  • Most of the deferred payment plans for landlords with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans have been extended until the end of 2020.
    Jessica Boehm, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2020

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