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default

[dih-fawlt, dee-fawlt] / dɪˈfɔlt, ˈdiˌfɔlt /




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The firm’s larger and newer funds have lower than average default rates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

I also opted out of letting the robots into my bathroom and bedroom, a choice that Tau provides customers by default.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

"Fix Our Feeds" demanded recommended algorithms be turned off by default, and social media users be given the choice to opt into them.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

These bosses usually have good intentions, but by moving fast and responding first they inevitably end up being the team’s default problem-solver.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

“Credit default swaps remedied the problem of open-ended risk for me,” said Burry.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

The rate includes delinquent loans and likely borrower defaults.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026

Diedrichs said unless the designers prompt AI to show realistic or diverse features, "it's going to give you an image that defaults to the average" data set of the "narrow" traditional beauty standards.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

“We’re on our own,” Chatzky noted, “but defaults are coming.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Total 1H returns are approaching 4% and defaults are close to zero year-to-date.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Like the credit default swap, the CDO had been invented to redistribute the risk of corporate and government bond defaults and was now being rejiggered to disguise the risk of subprime mortgage loans.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Djokovic - who was defaulted from the 2020 US Open for a similar incident - expressed sympathy for the fan and Medvedev afterwards.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Radford Studio Center, which sold for $1.85 billion in 2021, was seized by lenders after its previous owner defaulted on its debt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Zambia defaulted on its sovereign debt in 2020, with its debt-to-GDP ratio peaking at 124 percent in 2021, and later completed an IMF-supported programme.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

However, China defaulted on these bonds in 1938.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

Buying insurance on a pool of U.S. home mortgages was more complicated, because the pool didn’t default all at once; rather, one homeowner at a time defaulted.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

They become expensive when borrowers are perceived to be at increased risk of defaulting.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

Two years ago, again at Wimbledon, it appeared officials were considering defaulting Medvedev for an outburst towards umpire Eva Asderaki-Moore.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Plans also call for eliminating teacher-student staff ratios, defaulting caps to the licensing requirements of each state.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

The cost of insuring against its loans and bonds defaulting hit a multiyear high this summer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Now, in February 2007, subprime loans were defaulting in record numbers, financial institutions were less steady every day, and no one but him seemed to recall what he’d said and done.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis


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