borrow

Example Sentences

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“Could I borrow your phone to call her?”

From Literature

But it’s had the opposite effect on inflation, given the nation’s trade in goods deficit, which leads to higher interest rates and elevated borrowing costs.

From Barron's

She started ramping up her savings around a year ago, when her father fell ill and her family had to borrow for his treatment.

From The Wall Street Journal

That matters because it has kept rates higher on long-term Teasurys, which makes borrowing more expensive for the U.S. and Americans.

From MarketWatch

Lawyers for the plaintiffs are explicitly borrowing strategies used in the 1990s and 2000s against the tobacco industry, which faced a similar onslaught of lawsuits arguing that companies sold a harmful product.

From Barron's