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Google and Apple are already closely tied, with Google paying out tens of billions of dollars every year to be the default search engine on the iPhone's Safari web browser.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
The chart pattern shows that the high-yield index can be much more volatile, and of course, it reflects a higher credit default rate.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
So far, most sales of AI-enabled PCs to date have been by default.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
Users can choose this to be the app's default landing page.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
By early 2006, Cornwall Capital had grown its stash to almost $30 million, but even that, to the desks inside the Wall Street firms that sold credit default swaps, was a risibly small sum.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing default
Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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The Great Depression and The New Deal
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