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collateral

[kuh-lat-er-uhl] / kəˈlæt ər əl /




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Purists might refer to it as ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction, but the rest of the world knows it as the career-saving surgery named for a sore-armed left-handed Dodgers pitcher.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

The collateral damage to the rest of the world as the two countries try to seek out each other’s economic pressure points could prove significant.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Those require millions and sometimes billions of dollars in collateral for companies wanting to use power to hook up data centers, meaning they “bear their fair share of costs to the system.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

Catcher Dalton Rushing’s elbow injury was diagnosed as a partial tear of his ulnar collateral ligament, as manager Dave Roberts first told AM 570’s David Vassegh.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

The collateral consequences of incarcerating women are significant.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

"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

There is plenty of money, and we could borrow all we wished had we the collaterals.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political by Robert Green Ingersoll




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