collection agency

Example Sentences

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“When that thing goes to a collection agency, it becomes a big problem for your credit score and your credit report.”

From MarketWatch • Jan. 8, 2026

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

Keller's office sent bills to Trump's New York and Mar-a-Logo residences and a collection agency is working to recover the debt, the mayor's office told ABC.

From Salon • Nov. 4, 2024

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

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