deferred

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Deferred annuities, as the name suggests, are intended for long-term financial planning and building a nest egg for income in several years to come.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026

As a teenager, she applied to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, paid her fee and was fingerprinted for a background check.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Four years later, President Obama established the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program to protect immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

Deferred compensation plans can help, if workers have access to them, he said.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 27, 2025

It admitted to the Waiting Room, and there were few officers in the service who did not know—and only too well—that Chamber of Hope Deferred.

From News from the Duchy by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir