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collateral

[kuh-lat-er-uhl] / kəˈlæt ər əl /




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Higher education is in real financial trouble and Strouse’s lost scholarship is one piece of the growing collateral damage.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

Too often a car crash involves collateral damage to other vehicles or bystanders.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

"The collateral damage from such strikes could also have a serious impact on the Russian economy, as well as a psychological effect on Russian society and, likely, on continued support for the war."

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

In her order, she responded to Blanche’s testimony by clarifying that a dismissal does not “deprive the court of authority to resolve issues collateral to the merits.”

From Slate Jul. 14, 2026

As it happened, Deutsche Bank had broken off relations with Mike Burry back in June, after Burry had been, in Deutsche Bank’s view, overly aggressive in his demands for collateral.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Evergrande's offshore debt restructuring involves a total of $31.7 billion, which include bonds, collaterals and repurchase obligations.

From Reuters Aug. 18, 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 stocks and bonds, based simply upon ideas, became worthless, the collaterals became dust and ashes.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political by Ingersoll, Robert Green




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