collection agency
Example Sentences
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At one point, Henry-Halabi received calls from a collection agency that she says came without a warning from her loan holder.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 19, 2025
In March 2024, a New York lawyer representing a collection agency contacted one family who worked with SEAM, saying that Side owed a high-interest lender $69,500 and was seeking to recover it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025
When hospitals can’t collect on unpaid bills, they will sometimes bundle the debt and sell it at a steep discount to a collection agency.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2023
The ministry never sent him money, the bills were referred to a collection agency, and Chalman's credit score dropped from 750 to 600.
From Salon • Feb. 28, 2023
But she began receiving menacing phone calls from a collection agency about an old bill her health insurance had not covered.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
