collateral
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Hamilton studied how Britain built a permanent bond market and realized it acted as financial-wonder fuel rather than a weakness, since those bonds could be used as collateral when hard currency was scarce.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
The slight tear in Rushing’s ulnar collateral ligament made headlines after he landed on the IL on Aug. 3.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
"We are making the argument that 'let's avoid collateral damage'."
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
“We are collateral damage of the island’s housing crisis,” Iglesias said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
This scheme has a collateral rub: when the regulators themselves go rogue, nothing can stop a cell from replicating continuously.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
"We hold collaterals, which will help us realize value even if Evergrande is liquidated," said a Class C creditor, who expected a better recovery rate for his debt than the bondholders.
From Reuters ● Oct. 31, 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
Got a farm an' stock an' a wife an' kids, an' let me tell you, Crow, them last two is genooine collaterals.
From Neighbours by Robert J. C. Stead
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