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collateral

[kuh-lat-er-uhl] / kəˈlæt ər əl /




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“San Diego is not collateral damage,” said San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

A warning may appear sooner in the collateral behind AI-infrastructure loans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

The slight tear in Rushing’s ulnar collateral ligament made headlines after he landed on the IL on Aug. 3.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Additionally, roughly 90% of CoreWeave’s capital outlays are financed through delayed draw term loans secured directly by Nvidia hardware assets, creating a tangible collateral base for lenders.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

If Cornwall Capital made a bet with Deutsche Bank and it wound up “in the money,” Deutsche Bank was not required to post collateral.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

"We hold collaterals, which will help us realize value even if Evergrande is liquidated," said a Class C creditor, who expected a better recovery rate for his debt than the bondholders.

From Reuters ● Oct. 31, 2023

Fortunately, our bodies are well protected against this kind of loss and can quickly grow new vessels, called collaterals, that carry blood around the bypass to the starving tissues beyond.

From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2016

For the most part, the parents, grandparents, and collaterals are persons strongly preoccupied with abstractions of a scientific, literary, or artistic nature, and limited in genuine interest in people.”

From Slate ● May 1, 2013

The audience’s own knee ligaments screamed in sympathy — medial collaterals fraying like hemp rope.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 5, 2012

A. plexiform layer; B, layer of the little pyramid; C, layer of the medium-sized pyramid; a, descending axis cylinders; b, ascending or centripetal collaterals; c, stems of the giant pyramidal cells.

From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh




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