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forbearance

[fawr-bair-uhns] / fɔrˈbɛər əns /


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It resolves claims that Wells Fargo unilaterally decided to provide forbearances to customers who inquired about their mortgages or expressed hardship, but had not explicitly requested and did not want relief.

From Reuters • Sep. 14, 2022

About 350,000 federal student loan borrowers who were placed in certain types of long-term forbearances will receive payments of about $260.

From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2022

The settlement involves 39 state attorneys general and resolves claims that Navient led student borrowers into long-term forbearances instead of giving them advice on less costly repayment plans, Shapiro said.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 13, 2022

New approaches to transportation and energy “may require substantial forbearances from existing laws and regulations.”

From Slate • Oct. 25, 2017

She knew now that the man had diffidences, forbearances, self-judgments and self-denials which made for the suppression, in what he considered to be her interest, of his own desires. 

From The Man by Stoker, Bram




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