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debt

[det] / dɛt /


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Yet, the link between oil and bonds, the correlation, has recently been extremely tight, and, perversely, tighter for long-dated than short-dated debt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

The lawsuit claims that the Education Department has yet to respond to a credit-bureau dispute over the discharged debt at issue in the case by correcting the error.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

WSJ | Buy Side: Helocs help you access your home’s equity to use as needed, for home improvements, debt consolidation and more.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

According to the complaint, they claim that the Education Department and its servicers still aren’t reporting the debt as canceled to the three major credit-reporting agencies.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

To finance their arms purchases, the Allies had borrowed more than two billion dollars from American banks, a debt that would never be repaid if Germany won the war.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

If the nonprofit LA28 spends more than it takes in, Los Angeles will be responsible for repaying the first $270 million in debts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

To pay off their debts, apartment owners might try to increase rents or add new fees.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

That will be essential for Japan to spur faster economic growth, stabilize the yen or repay its debts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The Aberdeenshire-based firm had more than £500m of debts when it was sold in March to US drinks firm Tilray in a £33m rescue deal.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

At first, there was little change in the government’s attitude to Tycho—indeed, more money was provided later that year to cover debts that he had incurred building up the observatory.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin




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