covenant

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While private-credit assets don’t trade on public markets, they’re valued regularly, typically by independent third-party agents, based on borrower performance, leverage, covenant compliance and deal structure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

Not as a shield from discomfort but as a covenant for the world we still have a chance to build for all of us.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2025

In 1636, a small band traveled deep into the Connecticut River Valley, north of Hartford, and established rural towns through a covenant with the Pocumtuck Indians.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2025

To them, I say this: When we go to a movie theater, we’re making a covenant with the establishment that we are forcing ourselves to follow.

From Salon • Jan. 1, 2025

In a religious context, a covenant refers to an agreement a group of believers feels their deity has made with them.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz