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As he puts it, natural selection blindly explores a vast “design space”—the trillions of trait combinations a species might have—turning up workable solutions that human designers have learned to borrow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Higher yields make it more expensive for the government, businesses and households to borrow.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

For the 25th anniversary performance at London’s Royal Albert Hall, the production team planned to borrow one of the chandeliers that Swarovski had made for the 2004 “Phantom” film.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

Shannon first got into debt about 10 years ago when she had to borrow money to buy expensive boots for her job as a security guard.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

I flipped through some Hollywood magazines that Murray had let me borrow.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm

The referees are from all four corners of the globe, all from different football associations, separate confederations, and Fifa effectively borrows their services for six weeks.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

One could argue, however, that as Alphabet rolls out more data centers — and borrows money to do it — that it is becoming more of an industrial company, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026

This version borrows a trick from French pastry, folding the dough again and again until distinct layers emerge.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

“Sweet Charity,” which borrows its name from Bob Fosse’s 1969 film, feels like we’ve just stepped into a club after an intense dance-off.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

“Even though it’s a loan company, it’s never made any loans. Not one. It just borrows money from one bank and pays it back to another. That’s all it does. Borrow and pay back.”

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

Hyperscalers have been financing their data-center race increasingly with borrowed money and some stock issuance, rather than simply with cash on hand.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

Many are borrowed from other thinkers—Stephen Covey on time management, Bob Sutton on shutting down bullies, Amy Edmondson on psychological safety—but all are practical.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

The company, based in Livingston, N.J., has borrowed a total of about $30 billion to fund both the 49 data centers it has online today as well as its future contracted deployments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

The UK government borrowed slightly less than expected in June, according to official figures published as new prime minister Andy Burnham began setting out measures to cut living costs for households.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

Then he breaks into a song, borrowed from a psalm, a tune so sad tears come to all of our eyes.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

Less transparency often translates into lower equity valuations and higher borrowing costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

However, Burnham has said he will stick to the government's existing fiscal rules - not borrowing for day-to-day spending and having debt fall as a share of the economy by the end of the Parliament.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

Another surge in oil prices is stoking inflation concerns and helping force benchmark borrowing costs to multi-month highs.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

The main assumption to start 2026 was that the Fed would be cutting interest rates, potentially making borrowing more affordable for government, businesses and households.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

The relative importance of local invention and of borrowing depends mainly on two factors: the ease of invention of the particular technology, and the proximity of the particular society to other societies.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond