default on
Example Sentences
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But its cardholders tend to have good credit scores and don’t typically default on their payments, the CEO says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
About 5 million borrowers have been in default on their student loans since the pandemic, and experts expected millions more to face the consequences of default in the coming months.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 16, 2026
The default on these machines is you just see the last two to three seconds of the race.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026
It would speed up bankruptcy cases and make it easier for banks to sell assets pledged to them by borrowers who default on their loans.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026
They merely needed to stop rising at the unprecedented rates they had the previous few years for vast numbers of Americans to default on their home loans.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
