collateral
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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
Some bank executives have said that tokenized money-market funds could serve as high-speed collateral that can be moved instantly to back up trades during periods of stress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
The futures fund, by contrast, keeps a sizable cash balance in short-term Treasury bills to meet margin and collateral requirements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
“San Diego is not collateral damage,” said San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
He often used our boom box as collateral.
From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda
Evergrande's offshore debt restructuring involves a total of $31.7 billion, which include bonds, collaterals and repurchase obligations.
From Reuters ● Aug. 18, 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
How rarely we can begin at the beginning, or even the unit, of anything; multiplication and subdivision meet us at both ends, besides all the collaterals.
From Household Organization by Florence Caddy
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