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collateral

[kuh-lat-er-uhl] / kəˈlæt ər əl /




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For Weber, that amounts to “treating peoples’ livelihoods as collateral damage.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

I don’t know why all films now seem to be either based on superhero comics or incredibly worthy dirges, hoping to win awards without the collateral damage of entertaining anyone en route.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

“San Diego is not collateral damage,” San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria posted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Many bank commercial loans are often backed by collateral that cushions losses, including the lending they do to those lending funds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

But the collateral damage of this era of narrowed learning is far harder to measure and will be recognized, if at all, only years into the future.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

"We hold collaterals, which will help us realize value even if Evergrande is liquidated," said a Class C creditor, who expected a better recovery rate for his debt than the bondholders.

From Reuters ● Oct. 31, 2023

Fortunately, our bodies are well protected against this kind of loss and can quickly grow new vessels, called collaterals, that carry blood around the bypass to the starving tissues beyond.

From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2016

For the most part, the parents, grandparents, and collaterals are persons strongly preoccupied with abstractions of a scientific, literary, or artistic nature, and limited in genuine interest in people.”

From Slate ● May 1, 2013

The audience’s own knee ligaments screamed in sympathy — medial collaterals fraying like hemp rope.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 5, 2012

These pledged collaterals had been turned over to the last money-lender, but in reality to Pierre Lanier, who claimed to have lost them in a recent robbery.

From Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 by Carson Jay Lee




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