Sample Sentences for
defer
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defer as in:  deferred the decision

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    She asked to defer cross-examination until the morning.
    defer = delay
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    The IRA permits investment earnings to grow tax-deferred until retirement.
    deferred = delayed
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    Can we defer any expenses until January to make this year's profit look better?
    defer = delay
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    The truth, long deferred, has come up to her door.  (source)
    deferred = postponed or delayed
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    But you faltered when faced with Vcturius, deferring to his wishes.  (source)
    deferring = postponing
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    "He's—" Meg started, but Charles Wallace cut her short. "You'll have to defer your explanations. Let's go."  (source)
    defer = delay until a later time
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    the promise of thousands of years, till now deferr'd,  (source)
    deferr'd = postponed (put off)
    unconventional spelling: This is more commonly spelled deferred.
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    ...deferment consists of keeping proceedings permanently in their earliest stages.  (source)
    Deferment = postponement
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    What happens to a dream deferred?  (source)
    deferred = postponed (delayed--possibly forever)
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    Sophi felt she was only deferring the problem.  (source)
    deferring = postponing
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    Judith was nearly a year older than Grace and in decisions as weighty as risking the ever-ready wrath of Mrs. Dyer, Grace was happy to defer.  (source)
    defer = yield
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    I rather do beseech you pardon me, Who, earnest in the service of my God, Deferr'd the visitation of my friends.  (source)
    Deferr'd = postponed
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    I told him that all arrangements had been deferred until he came.  (source)
    deferred = delayed
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defer as in:  deferred to her wishes

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    He almost always defers to her wishes about which movie to see.
    defers = submits
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    And the Fremen defer to him.  (source)
    defer = submit or yield
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    I began to defer, always, to the judgment of others.  (source)
    defer = submit (or yield)
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    All captives, regardless of nationality, deferred to them.  (source)
    deferred = submitted respectfully
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    the young wives would gather here in her house to defer to her judgment,  (source)
    defer = submit or yield
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    Simon had a 4-F deferment; he was judged physically unfit for service.†  (source)
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    The boy defers to his father.  (source)
    defers = submits
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    The government had ended most graduate school deferments; the waiting lists for the National Guard and Reserves were impossibly long; my health was solid; I didn't qualify for CO status-no religious grounds, no history as a pacifist.†  (source)
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    The deferral meant further experience as a SEAL, another platoon, another deployment, and more time for Adam to either regain his sight fully or adapt to living and working with near blindness in his right eye.†  (source)
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    This wasn't the first time I'd come across the rumour about deferrals.†  (source)
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    Deferring to his slaves' opinions did not deprive him of authority or power.  (source)
    Deferring = submitting or yielding
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    A central committee was elected. At first, they tried to enlist Minerva, but she deferred to Manolo, who became our president.  (source)
    deferred = submitted or yielded
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    John Grady would likely defer to his judgment.  (source)
    defer = yield
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