liabilities
Example Sentences
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The bank will face a temporary drag in the second half of 2026 as liabilities reprice faster than assets, but increased deposit competition remains the main bottom-up risk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Wealth is measured as a household’s assets, like stocks and home equity, minus their liabilities, like mortgages and credit-card debt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Companies are structuring chip and electricity purchases as future leases rather than owned assets, so the liabilities don’t show up on the balance sheet.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
Carmichael said "liabilities that the government will face in the short-term" could be recouped by a future sale of Thames Water once its finances and performance are back on track.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Indeed, Dobzhansky recognized that natural variation was a vital reservoir for an organism—an asset that far outweighed its liabilities.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
