covenant

Example Sentences

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While private-credit assets don’t trade on public markets, they’re valued regularly, typically by independent third-party agents, based on borrower performance, leverage, covenant compliance and deal structure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

One of these said alterations had been "clearly shown" using Google Earth satellite imagery, which Mr Milne said was a "breach of the aforesaid covenant".

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025

Not as a shield from discomfort but as a covenant for the world we still have a chance to build for all of us.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2025

Only a few states offer covenant marriages — Louisiana, Arkansas and Arizona — and they are widely unpopular.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2025

In a religious context, a covenant refers to an agreement a group of believers feels their deity has made with them.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz