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Recent Examples of deferment
Among borrowers who are now required to make payments — not including those who are in deferment or forbearance or are currently enrolled in school — nearly 1 in 4 student loan borrowers are behind in their payments, the New York Fed found.
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Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 20 May 2025
Excluded from this report were people in deferment or forbearance, as well as private student loan borrowers.
—Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 5 May 2025
The Dodgers also benefited from players following Ohtani’s example with deferments.
—Andy McCullough, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
The joint status report also indicates that the Department of Education will provide periodic updates on applications for PSLF Buyback, a program that allows borrowers to request student loan forgiveness credit for certain non-qualifying deferment and forbearance periods.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
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Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 20 May 2025
Excluded from this report were people in deferment or forbearance, as well as private student loan borrowers.
—Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 5 May 2025
The Dodgers also benefited from players following Ohtani’s example with deferments.
—Andy McCullough, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
The joint status report also indicates that the Department of Education will provide periodic updates on applications for PSLF Buyback, a program that allows borrowers to request student loan forgiveness credit for certain non-qualifying deferment and forbearance periods.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deferment
Noun
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Most companies will match a percentage of your 401(k) deferrals up to a certain limit.—
Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,
CNBC,
4 June 2025
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Instead of a college deferring an Early Decision applicant to the Regular Decision round, only to then waitlist them (this unfortunately happens), some schools are skipping the deferral and sending them directly to the waitlist.—
Brennan Barnard,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
Noun
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After a brief rain delay in the bottom of the eighth inning, the Hurricanes again couldn’t string together any hits to cut into the Cardinals’ lead.—
Cameron Priester,
Sun Sentinel,
7 June 2025
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Musk officially completed his acquisition of Twitter after months of delays.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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“Deferment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deferment. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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