- present tense form of bond (3rd person singular).
bonds
Example Sentences
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But if long-term bond yields do start coming down, perhaps following some kind of cyclical downturn in the artificial-intelligence sector, holders of mortgage bonds could be surprised at the pace of repayments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
At the moment, there seems little prospect of rates falling, with Treasury bonds under pressure and the Federal Reserve poised to tighten.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
The UK yield for 10-year bonds, a key measure of government debt costs, is higher than countries such as the US, France, and Japan.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Woodward’s piece highlights the recent phenomenon in which holding bonds no longer offers the diversification benefits it did.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
And then—because it could not extend home loans fast enough to create a sufficient number of lower-rated bonds—it used credit default swaps to replicate the very worst of the existing bonds, many times over.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
