collateral
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John had ruptured the medial ulnar collateral ligament in his left elbow, although he didn’t know that then.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Those require millions and sometimes billions of dollars in collateral for companies wanting to use power to hook up data centers, meaning they “bear their fair share of costs to the system.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
Additionally, they will include $60 million in unfunded commitments and all the collateral underlying its recently issued BlackRock DLF 2026-C CLO, a $535.8 million collateralized loan obligation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
As they intensified, banks issued margin calls demanding additional collateral to stand behind their loans of stock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
As it happened, Deutsche Bank had broken off relations with Mike Burry back in June, after Burry had been, in Deutsche Bank’s view, overly aggressive in his demands for collateral.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Evergrande's offshore debt restructuring involves a total of $31.7 billion, which include bonds, collaterals and repurchase obligations.
From Reuters ● Aug. 18, 2023
Fortunately, our bodies are well protected against this kind of loss and can quickly grow new vessels, called collaterals, that carry blood around the bypass to the starving tissues beyond.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2016
For the most part, the parents, grandparents, and collaterals are persons strongly preoccupied with abstractions of a scientific, literary, or artistic nature, and limited in genuine interest in people.”
From Slate ● May 1, 2013
The audience’s own knee ligaments screamed in sympathy — medial collaterals fraying like hemp rope.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 5, 2012
He sold provisions and clothing to those who could pay; equally, he sold on credit, to those who could not, without references, without collaterals.
From Dr. John McLoughlin, the Father of Oregon by Frederick Van Voorhies Holman
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