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delinquency

[dih-ling-kwuhn-see] / dɪˈlɪŋ kwən si /


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Delinquency rates among older borrowers have skyrocketed too, in some cases because they are on fixed incomes or have medical expenses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026

Delinquency rate of January commercial mortgage-backed securities, surpassing 2008’s 10.7%.

From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026

EC’s original subversive content brought it to the attention of the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency in 1954 and its hearings on whether comics were linked to moral decay.

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2024

Delinquency rates on single-family homes remain at near historic lows and home prices have continued to climb.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 5, 2024

In this month, while Mr. Powell and Christopher Milton had begun severally to sue out their compositions for Delinquency, it is on a rather crowded domestic tableau round Milton in Barbican that the curtain drops.

From The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 by Masson, David




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