collateral
Example Sentences
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Chemotherapy attempts to control the disease through widespread cell destruction, causing significant collateral damage to healthy tissues that lead to side effects.
From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026
It could engender pride and joy at your stealthy maneuvers, indifference, resentment or using the friendship as collateral for a loan.
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
But Dublin feels Hull have become "collateral damage" in a case which does not even involve them.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
They previously said more than $1 billion in loan collateral appeared to be missing at two MFS funding vehicles, and that individual property titles were pledged to multiple lenders without the lenders knowing.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
Careful checks of collateral became almost laughable and utterly contrary to the ultracompetitive, machismo attitude that pervaded the banking industry in Texas.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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