collection agency
Example Sentences
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The company said it alerted the collection agency in question as well as the credit bureaus to the mistake.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026
“When that thing goes to a collection agency, it becomes a big problem for your credit score and your credit report.”
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 8, 2026
In March 2024, a New York lawyer representing a collection agency contacted one family who worked with SEAM, saying that Side owed a high-interest lender $69,500 and was seeking to recover it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025
When hospitals can’t collect on unpaid bills, they will sometimes bundle the debt and sell it at a steep discount to a collection agency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2023
I also think about the collection agency that keeps calling about some long overdue payment, and Pops telling me not to worry about it.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
