Deference in a sentence

A 2004 US diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks speculated Dubai’s casino plans had “been put on ice due to deference” to the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the country’s first president after unification in 1971.

A suspicious eye is cast on the so-called conservatives on the bench Deference argues that agencies are often insulated from the usual checks and balances necessary for separation of powers.

But when the stakes are this large, one need not grant them that deference.

Fairness and merit will finally receive the due deference they deserve.

Half a dozen writers and producers were seated in front of laptops in a room they’d deemed “the Hookah Lounge” in deference to the paper lanterns hanging overhead.

In one breath, he called out the kind of selfish play the Jazz have a bad habit of falling into and also showed loyalty and deference to his head coach.

Market makers were compelled to install the ever-impressive Niners in the favorite’s role here, but despite the broad legitimacy of the Frisco roster, movers and shakers are handling the visiting side with marked deference.

Riker still clearly holds an inherent level of deference to his old commanding officer, but there's also an unmistakable relief in being able to shout him down without sanction.

The book addressed the brutality of slavery and featured the character of “Uncle Tom”—a slave who, perhaps unfairly, came to symbolize the accommodating Black person who showed complete deference to Whites.

There are multiple scenes where Johnny is in Vienna's physical space or standing next to her while other things are happening, and he exhibits a deference to her that is suffused with admiration.

This month, the word 忖度 () has been popping up in the headlines as the Japanese media comes under scrutiny for its alleged deference to the scandal-hit talent agency Johnny & Associates.

We need rage, not politeness, revolt not deference to the usual way of doing things.

We’re told that we need to curtail our behaviour in order to protect the NHS, but there is no other public service in any other country which demands this level of deference and behavioural change.

And because “contractors like Lockheed only have one customer, the Department of Defense,” deference was made to the Chief’s demands.

Both PNG and NZ have long standing Deference Cooperation with movements in both directions.

But by giving deference to a medical provider’s determination of what is “medically necessary,” the attorney general continued, those reasonable regulations cannot survive.

But former officials, including Mr. Severino, are hopeful that the Supreme Court will rule soon to eliminate the deference, which he said could allow regulations they enact to remain in place even if a Democratic president were elected in the future.

But the behaviour of the corgis was modified by no such deference: she would follow them into the room, rather than vice versa, and if they felt like barking, bark they did.

Chevron deference matters more than it should because Congress insists on passing so many ambiguous statutes.

If the law directs the Treasury to issue guidance, then the Regulations interpreting that law may have different and greater deference afforded to them than a law that does not mandate that guidance be issued.