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borrowing

[bor-oh-ing, bawr-] / ˈbɒr oʊ ɪŋ, ˈbɔr- /
NOUN
appropriating
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
loaning


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For households, the message is that relief on borrowing costs is unlikely to arrive soon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

However, the U.K.’s central bank is expected to signal that it stands ready to increase borrowing costs if the conflict in the Middle East is not resolved soon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

Lenders raised rates quickly, due to their own funding costs rising and an expectation that the base borrowing rate would not fall as previously anticipated.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026

What Warsh says this week, and, just as importantly, how he chooses to communicate over the next several years, could shape everything from borrowing costs and hiring to the direction of the stock market.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 16, 2026

Samuel, by borrowing, had read many more of the Delmars’ books than the Delmars had.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck




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