borrow
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As he puts it, natural selection blindly explores a vast “design space”—the trillions of trait combinations a species might have—turning up workable solutions that human designers have learned to borrow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
To help fund that, Tesla said it is securing debt facilities that could allow it to borrow up to $30 billion to speed up its plans.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Higher yields make it more expensive for the government, businesses and households to borrow.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
For the 25th anniversary performance at London’s Royal Albert Hall, the production team planned to borrow one of the chandeliers that Swarovski had made for the 2004 “Phantom” film.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
“I sold it to a buddy of mine, but we had a deal worked out, so I could borrow it back for your mom.”
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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The Treasury Department has kept a lid on issuing longer-duration government bonds to control supply and costs as it borrows to fund the large U.S. deficit.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
This version borrows a trick from French pastry, folding the dough again and again until distinct layers emerge.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
He speculated that Reform's proposals could involve something like the "mutual investment model" - where the private sector borrows up front and the Welsh government pays back over time.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
The book breaks no new ground and liberally borrows from studies written by others.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
And since Dell's bureau and closet are empty, Pattie borrows his car and brings over more things from the nail salon.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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Many are borrowed from other thinkers—Stephen Covey on time management, Bob Sutton on shutting down bullies, Amy Edmondson on psychological safety—but all are practical.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Higher rates can raise the cost of every dollar borrowed to build data centers, develop specialized chips or upgrade power grids.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Singh and his wife have already borrowed thousands from family members to keep the rebuild on schedule and spent hours on the phone with their mortgage company.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
What Mr. Bailey does not mention is that his book’s subtitle, “The Nine Lives of Muriel Spark,” and its basic organizational structure is also borrowed from Mr. Stannard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
The White Rose friends borrowed a studio from a painter.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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However, Burnham has said he will stick to the government's existing fiscal rules - not borrowing for day-to-day spending and having debt fall as a share of the economy by the end of the Parliament.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Another surge in oil prices is stoking inflation concerns and helping force benchmark borrowing costs to multi-month highs.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Lofty stock markets and easy borrowing conditions for companies suggest the economy could absorb higher rates without much difficulty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
European bond yields have surged alongside energy prices, sending government borrowing costs to their highest levels in more than a decade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
I always had some reason to cross the river: borrowing a book from Devi, meeting Threpe for lunch, playing at the Eolian.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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