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default

[dih-fawlt, dee-fawlt] / dɪˈfɔlt, ˈdiˌfɔlt /




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“This suggests that AI models increasingly view Walmart as a default answer for everyday consumption,” the analysts, led by Michael Lasser, said in the note.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

The cost of insuring French government bonds against default climbed to a multiyear high as fiscal and political concerns mount.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The rise affects around 22 million households on default tariffs regulated by Ofgem, while about 11 million households on fixed-rate deals will not see their prices change immediately.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Higher PAD was observed in the default mode network, as well as in the salience network, putamen and thalamus.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026

AIG was, ultimately, the party on the other side of the credit default swaps Mike Burry was buying.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Easing requirements further would only goose demand and drive up prices, while increasing the risk of future defaults and losses for taxpayers who stand behind most mortgages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Diedrichs said unless the designers prompt AI to show realistic or diverse features, "it's going to give you an image that defaults to the average" data set of the "narrow" traditional beauty standards.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

“We’re on our own,” Chatzky noted, “but defaults are coming.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Other countries have fallen victim to debt spirals, where high levels of debt lead investors to demand higher interest rates, in turn fueling more borrowing until eventually a country defaults.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

As it turned out, Lippmann had a new problem: U.S. house prices were falling, subprime loan defaults were rising, yet subprime mortgage bonds somehow held firm, as did the price of insuring them.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

A few minutes later the Russian was defaulted, as he had to be, under rules that bar a player from "hitting a ball dangerously or recklessly, or with negligent disregard of the consequences."

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Zambia defaulted on its sovereign debt in 2020, with its debt-to-GDP ratio peaking at 124 percent in 2021, and later completed an IMF-supported programme.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

However, China defaulted on these bonds in 1938.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

He was being summoned because he was being sued by Midland Credit Management for $3,466.63 in defaulted credit card debt.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

The most you could make was $100 million, if General Electric defaulted on its debt any time in the next ten years and bondholders recovered nothing.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Two years ago, again at Wimbledon, it appeared officials were considering defaulting Medvedev for an outburst towards umpire Eva Asderaki-Moore.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Plans also call for eliminating teacher-student staff ratios, defaulting caps to the licensing requirements of each state.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

He tells staff to err on the side of public messaging: “You should be defaulting to doing this.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

The bonds are investment grade, first and foremost, so the risk of issuers defaulting is relatively low.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 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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