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[bal-uhns] / ˈbæl əns /








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Local officials said dozens of lenders, under pressure to increase balance sheets to attract foreign investors, signed up impoverished borrowers with little regard for their ability to repay.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

“Household balance sheets also retain significant capacity to absorb new supply,” they added.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

The researchers discovered that disrupting this balance can leave cancer cells unable to cope with DNA damage.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Warsh has been a critic of the big Fed balance sheet for years, but he is unlikely to do much about it early on.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

His humors may or may not be in balance, but Phineas is resting quietly at last.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman




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