collateral

In the past, we might have seen a handbag come in and we’re like, “OK, it’s a naked handbag. It doesn’t have any collateral with it, so it’s fake.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

An MRI scan revealed that Nacua sprained his medial collateral and posterior cruciate ligaments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

Firms can then borrow money using those contracts – plus the AI chips they purchase – as collateral, explained analyst Cory Johnson of "The Quiet Period" IPO research outfit.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

A sharp selloff in equities through Friday has “created collateral damage in the precious-metals markets due to a liquidity-driven flight to safety,” said Dana Samuelson, president of American Gold Exchange.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Far from collateral, these sanctions can be the most damaging and painful aspect of a criminal conviction.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

"We hold collaterals, which will help us realize value even if Evergrande is liquidated," said a Class C creditor, who expected a better recovery rate for his debt than the bondholders.

From Reuters ● Oct. 31, 2023

Fortunately, our bodies are well protected against this kind of loss and can quickly grow new vessels, called collaterals, that carry blood around the bypass to the starving tissues beyond.

From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2016

For the most part, the parents, grandparents, and collaterals are persons strongly preoccupied with abstractions of a scientific, literary, or artistic nature, and limited in genuine interest in people.”

From Slate ● May 1, 2013

The audience’s own knee ligaments screamed in sympathy — medial collaterals fraying like hemp rope.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 5, 2012

The motor-cell body, with protoplasmic processes, axis cylinder, side fibrils or collaterals, and end ramifications, represents parts of a neuron. a. h., axon hillock devoid of Nissl bodies, showing fibrillation; ax., axon.

From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh