as in delay
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Noun
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Across the economy, such delays could mean a softer job market and more slowly growing economy.—
Paul Davidson,
USA TODAY,
6 Feb. 2025 -
The rule change is also likely to result in delivery delays since the packages now have to go through customs, Juozas Kaziukenas, founder of e-commerce intelligence firm Marketplace Pulse, told the Associated Press.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
5 Feb. 2025
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While deferrals have drawn much scrutiny thanks to the Dodgers recently, Tony Clark of the MLBPA has said the union wants to protect players’ rights to negotiate them into deals.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2025
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The exceptions include allowing the president to defer funds if needed to allow for greater needs later in the year, if efficiencies have allowed savings, or if some provision of law specifically allows such a deferral.—
Sareen Habeshian,
Axios,
29 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The initiative allows the Education Department to credit borrowers with time toward their IDR loan forgiveness threshold that may previously have not counted, such as payments made under other types of repayment plans, and certain deferment and forbearance periods.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025
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Those who qualify for a hardship deferment include people receiving certain types of federal or state aid.—
Annie Nova,
CNBC,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Postponement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postponement. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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