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September 22, 2022

Word of the Day: Defer

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Word of the Day : September 22, 2022

defer \dih-FER\ verb

What It Means

Defer means “to choose to do (something) at a later time.”

// She deferred her master’s program for a year so that she could travel the world.

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Aired September 22, 2022

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