borrowing

Example Sentences

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It would be funded by using a mixture of conventional capital, borrowing, and use of the mutual investment model.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

If workers are patient, or unsuccessful, inflation may fall back to pre-war rates even without a rise in borrowing costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The Bank's latest report into the risks facing the economy found borrowing costs were likely to rise as the result of the "shock" to the global economy.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Instead, households are saving less and borrowing more just to keep up their usual spending.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

Inventing a writing system from scratch must have been incomparably more difficult than borrowing and adapting one.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond