forbearance
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Rather than stopping payments, you can often legally pause them through official deferment or forbearance programs.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
Expect delinquencies to rise more when administrative forbearance ends in July for some eight million borrowers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 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
“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
The families were told to exercise forbearance with inexperienced help.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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