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

If politicians, news outlets, and civic organizations adopted a “civic covenant for the AI age,” much like current journalistic standards, could we create a healthier public square?

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2025

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

It’s as though we were all sworn to the same secret covenant, so secret we don’t even know what we belong to.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan