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"It's going to be on by default, and in almost every content service in the world, it is on by default," he added.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
The US company said users can opt out of a default setting that allows Amazon to use streams, clips, images, chats and other channel content.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
For couples in same-sex marriages, there is no default expectation or tradition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Music from labeled AI Personas will also be excluded from the Swedish company’s personalized recommendations by default.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
There was this event, called a default, that either did or did not happen.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Then, more borrowers began using the relief valve—even including cash-strapped companies that requested it after taking out their loans—raising fears of looming defaults.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Weaker performance by the companies they lend to and a selloff in public debt markets forced funds to write down investments that are still paying interest even as defaults climbed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Among funds overseen by Ares Management, Blackstone, Blue Owl Capital and Golub Capital, loan defaults touched their highest level since at least 2021.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
If a tenant defaults, Google has favorable options.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Like the credit default swap, the CDO had been invented to redistribute the risk of corporate and government bond defaults and was now being rejiggered to disguise the risk of subprime mortgage loans.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Radford’s current owner, Hackman Capital Partners, defaulted on $1.1 billion of bondholder debt and turned the property over to lenders led by Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Its owner defaulted on a $300 million loan in 2024, citing “challenges in the broader marketplace here in Santa Monica.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
As England goalkeeper Pickford collected the ball, Mora defaulted to returning to his natural position, failing to close the gap.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Instead, they increasingly defaulted to reading the words themselves.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 10, 2026
In August it leapt to 25.44 percent, and by the end of the year it stood at 37.7 percent—more than a third of the pool of borrowers had defaulted on their loans.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Starting in June 2025, with the pause having ended nine months prior, borrowers began defaulting again for the first time since the pandemic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
On defaulting people into annuities, I am a bit less enthusiastic.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
This shows you your financial account history but does not give you a credit score, which is the risk assessment that lenders use to assess your chances of defaulting.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026
Two large private-credit loans, including software maker Medallia’s $3 billion debt, are defaulting, ratcheting up losses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
The next morning, Burry opened the Wall Street Journal to find an article explaining how the new wave of adjustable-rate mortgages were defaulting, in their first nine months, at rates never before seen.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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