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Student loan borrowers who don’t qualify for a deferment may request a forbearance.
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Annie Nova, CNBC, 22 Feb. 2025
Buzzati’s theme of endless deferment is indeed Kafkaesque.
—Christopher Tayler, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
For instance, contact your mortgage lender and ask about forbearance or deferment options, said John Breyault, vice president of public policy at the National Consumers League.
—Annie Nova,lorie Konish,greg Iacurci,ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 21 Feb. 2025
And while Barack Obama was just 12 years old when the Vietnam War draft ended, Donald Trump received four student deferments and a medical-leave deferment for bone spurs to avoid fighting in Vietnam.
—Steven Gillon / Made By History, TIME, 17 Feb. 2025
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Annie Nova, CNBC, 22 Feb. 2025
Buzzati’s theme of endless deferment is indeed Kafkaesque.
—Christopher Tayler, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
For instance, contact your mortgage lender and ask about forbearance or deferment options, said John Breyault, vice president of public policy at the National Consumers League.
—Annie Nova,lorie Konish,greg Iacurci,ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 21 Feb. 2025
And while Barack Obama was just 12 years old when the Vietnam War draft ended, Donald Trump received four student deferments and a medical-leave deferment for bone spurs to avoid fighting in Vietnam.
—Steven Gillon / Made By History, TIME, 17 Feb. 2025
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“Deferment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deferment. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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