deferred
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Many senior staff receive roughly half of their annual compensation in deferred stock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
Under the U.K. government’s proposal, the SFO would award whistleblowers who provide information that is “both significant and original” and that leads to a successful enforcement action against a company, including a deferred prosecution agreement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
The official causes of death for both were deferred, pending further investigation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Sheriff Morag McLaughlin deferred sentence for a criminal justice social work report and restriction of liberty order assessment.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
In consequence, even as visitor numbers have soared—from 79 million in 1960 to almost 270 million today—campsites and interpretation centers have been shut, warden numbers slashed, and essential maintenance deferred to a positively ludicrous degree.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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