collateral
Example Sentences
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Zhu had previously listed the Sugar Springs Drive address as collateral for bail, court records show.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
Musk owns nearly 207.5 million Tesla shares that he could use as collateral, Tesla said on Thursday.
From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026
This targeted approach allows the immune system to remove threats efficiently while minimizing collateral damage to nearby tissue.
From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2026
Because the stolen collateral wasn’t backed by actual ether, Aave was stuck with as much as $230 million in bad debt.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
Tres Marias was a good business that required no help from the seam of gold; on the contrary, it served as collateral for an extension on his concession to the mine.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
Vocabulary lists containing collateral
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