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credit

[kred-it] / ˈkrɛd ɪt /








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The bank booked credit impairments of $150 million, up from $119 million in the year-earlier period.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

Higher interest rates make borrowing more expensive for people wanting to secure loans, mortgages and credit cards, but can lead to better returns on savings.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

At the same time, CDS spreads have been widening, suggesting credit investors are becoming less comfortable with that shift.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

Banks have to pay Apple a fee of about 0.15% of the purchase price when one of their credit cards is used in Apple Pay.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

“It is a credit to your navigational skills that we did not blow off course.”

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

“Solstice,” where he shares writing credits with Patti Smith, possesses the same kind of metaphysical shimmer that’s often intrinsic to a Patti Smith composition.

From Salon Jul. 29, 2026

The star, whose real name was Vincent Belorgey, enjoyed a slow-burning cult hit with his 2010 track Nightcall, which soundtracked the opening credits to the stylish neo-noir crime movie Drive, starring Ryan Gosling.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

It said it was too early to know how many people keep using the wallet after the credits run out.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

Baker traveled with the San Francisco Giants’ contingent to celebrate Kent, who credits Baker with helping transform him into the National League MVP, All-Star and eventually a Hall of Famer.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

By the time the final credits rolled on the old movie, we were more than ready for bed.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

Yet on Feb. 1, 2020, his diary records a meeting with a dozen prominent virologists in which only two credited this “natural origins” theory.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

Ahmed hailed their "amazing" response and offered his thanks to Lowe, who he credited with preventing further deaths.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

President Claudia Sheinbaum has credited her administration’s efforts with reducing homicides by almost 50% in less than two years.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 26, 2026

In 1922, Georgia’s governor credited Felton with having “all the qualities of heart and head that equip one for broad and constructive statesmanship.”

From Slate Jul. 24, 2026

The Agriculture Department itself has credited these importations with appreciably reducing the frequency and destructiveness of gypsy moth outbreaks.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

England and Manchester City both offered their condolences to the Keegan family, with the latter crediting their former manager with establishing them as a Premier League club.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

While crediting Spahn with helping the CDU return to power, the chancellor added: "Credibility is the most valuable asset in politics."

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

The 2nd Circuit relied on the long-familiar Mathews test here, crediting the government’s concerns about flight risks, but ultimately ruling in favor of requiring a bond hearing given the length of Black’s and G.M.’s detentions.

From Slate Jun. 17, 2026

Others focused on the brass and bronze, the enormous American flags and the presidential seal, carved into a stone wall, and crediting Donald J. Trump.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 13, 2026

The Assyrians have left us the smallest possible grounds for crediting them with its possession.

From The Grotesque in Church Art by Wildridge, T. Tindall




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