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forbearance

[fawr-bair-uhns] / fɔrˈbɛər əns /


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In refinancing, your husband would lose a raft of federal protections and flexible deferment and forbearance options.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

Low interest rates, pandemic government transfer payments and forbearance schemes at the same time made additional debt more manageable—at least for a time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Western Alliance Bancorporation WAL -1.01%decrease; red down pointing triangle filed a lawsuit against Jefferies Financial Group JEF -0.70%decrease; red down pointing triangle after being informed that $126.4 million in forbearance payments would not be made.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

“I think some people were being offered forbearance that, frankly, didn’t comply with 238 when it should have,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

La Perouse followed his royal orders to behave peaceably but complained that the natives “believed our forbearance inexhaustible.”

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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