borrow

Example Sentences

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If fundraising stalls simultaneously, such a development could prompt a liquidity crisis and force fund managers to use their cash reserves, borrow money or sell assets to pay shareholders out and satisfy their own lenders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

“In such cases, investors effectively lend dollars and borrow foreign currency, which means dollar funding is abundant.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The law, which will be implemented this summer, caps — for the first time in decades— the amount that parents can borrow to pay for their kids’ college and the amount graduate students can borrow.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

They can adjust taxes, change benefits, restructure obligations, and crucially, borrow over long time horizons.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

“And they gave me a book about sharks! Don’t worry, I will let you borrow it.”

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn