deferred

Example Sentences

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The recipient should also budget $1.5 million a year to maintain existing infrastructure and catch up on deferred maintenance, according to Bhakta’s website.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

O'Dwyer deferred to Lloyd as the company owner to decide the final route but raised valid concerns, such as the drop over the weir.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Niki’s musical genius is frequently alluded to, dreams deferred by his hearing disorder, and Woodall physically communicates that repressed frustration.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Many projects, like the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial and African American history museum, began as the deferred dreams of ordinary citizens.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

There’s no indication that Henrietta questioned him; like most patients in the 1950s, she deferred to anything her doctors said.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot