borrowed

Example Sentences

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The Japanese company has issued debt, sold stakes and borrowed to fund bold AI investments.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Fervo says it can use technologies borrowed from the shale revolution, drilling through rocks and using new techniques to make many more areas geothermal friendly.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Using 2025 figures, total government spending was $7 trillion, of which $2.2 trillion was borrowed, or 31 percent.

From Slate • May 11, 2026

With only one roll of film in his camera, he borrowed more from the chemist and began taking photos almost immediately.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

He spent his days in a borrowed office, working on a study of recent international crises that he hoped would be useful to government policymakers.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin