borrowed

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Borrowed money magnifies returns when share prices are rising as smaller investors are able to gain far more exposure to the upside, but when share prices fall that leverage exacerbates losses.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

Borrowed by Maussan for the hearing, they are in the possession of a Mexican man, who was in Maussan's office on Friday and who declined to be identified.

From Reuters • Sep. 16, 2023

Borrowed words usually come from the minds and mouths of bilingual speakers who end up moving between different cultures and places.

From Scientific American • Jun. 14, 2023

Borrowed from horse-racing jargon, the term means control of all three branches of government: the governorship, the legislature and the state supreme court.

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2022

Borrowed back again, provided with notation, it would do for what I have in mind.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas