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borrow

[bor-oh, bawr-oh] / ˈbɒr oʊ, ˈbɔr oʊ /




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The ballot measure would allow qualified prospective homebuyers to borrow up to 17% of the sales price of a new home, contributing 3% of the down payment from their own funds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

Previous schemes to help first-time buyers did not restrict eligibility by income but faced criticism for stoking house prices by allowing relatively wealthy households to borrow more.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Parents, who could previously borrow up to the full cost of their child’s undergraduate attendance, are also now limited to borrowing up to $20,000 a year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Money now costs more to borrow, and that’s begun to lure investors back to the $32 trillion Treasury market for yield, following weeks of heavy selling.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

Like how I used to get when Camille would borrow my nail polish without asking.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Italy, despite its much larger debt, now borrows at cheaper rates than France.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

The character design, which borrows from anime, is elegant and a little odd — hands and feet are drawn tiny, which has the paradoxical effect of drawing your attention, making them more expressive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

His prudent approach is to avoid a single grand plan and embrace a multifaceted strategy that borrows pertinent insights from a variety of approaches.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

The referees are from all four corners of the globe, all from different football associations, separate confederations, and Fifa effectively borrows their services for six weeks.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

At the party, at the corrugated tin shack of Maria Isabel’s cousin, Jasmin eats chicken, tries to blow up a red balloon, and borrows a pink bike with training wheels.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

Lambda is a “neocloud” startup, like Coreweave, that uses borrowed money to buy chips and rent their computational power to AI developers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Much of the money the firms borrowed for their buyouts came in the form of seven-year loans, since fund managers typically aim to flip their purchases in that time frame.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

I remember people curled up on borrowed beanbags, eating second helpings of soup and talking over a movie they’d all seen before.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

To pay the fee, the couple said they borrowed money from a family friend and took out a loan.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Then she took a long wooden stick, borrowed flame from a burning wick, and lit a new candle.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

When borrowing costs rise, it becomes harder for the firms to profitably sell their companies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Deloitte estimates that actual borrowing against credit lines might be closer to $1.6 trillion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

The bond market’s moves have been on investors’ minds, because higher yields mean higher costs for hyperscalers and other companies borrowing to fund the AI-infrastructure build-out.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

French bond yields, which reflect the cost of government borrowing, surged to their highest level since 2002 last week amid a standoff over next year's budget, which aims to reduce the country's vast debts.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

“Oh, and the book is mine, by the way. Amari’s just borrowing it. You tell Dad I brought it here, and I’ll tell Mom who really maxed out her Duboise Cosmetics credit card.”

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston


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