deferment

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It’s the reason so many student-loan borrowers find themselves trapped in cycles of deferment, forbearance or minimum payments that allow balances to balloon rather than shrink.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025

If necessary, you can also look into deferment and forbearance options.

From Salon • May 3, 2025

The current deadline to get the ID is May 7, 2025, and there are no signs of another deferment.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2024

None has given a hard date, however, or said that there has been a deferment.

From Reuters • Oct. 23, 2023

"They granted me a deferment until I graduate. But I must still serve six months in the Reich Labor Service."

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti