credit
Example Sentences
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Private equity and credit markets have swelled in recent decades while the number of public companies has shrunk by more than half.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
Other changes to the basic allowance for universal credit, paid to all claimants of the benefit, mean about three million families will receive an average increase of £120 this year.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
It’s a push that is far more systematic and insidious than we are giving them credit for.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026
“The likelihood of a prolonged period of higher energy prices, decelerating credit card data and channel checks have investors skeptical on how inelastic air travel demand can be,” he added.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 5, 2026
As originally conceived, in 2003, the subprime mortgage credit default swap was a one-off, nonstandard insurance contract, struck between Morgan Stanley and some other bank or insurance company, outside the gaze of the wider market.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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