covenant

Example Sentences

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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

When these sentences are handed down, they form a covenant between the State and the victims, and their family and their friends.

From Slate • Feb. 19, 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

Carter and those around him hoped that the accords would eventually pave the way to a wider regional peace, centered on a covenant between Israel and the Palestinians.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2025

I know who you are, Mr. Potter, but even you must understand that it’s against school covenant for parents or professors to enter a House quarters without express permission from .

From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling