covenant
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“Any further increase in leverage or inability to service debt could result in downgraded credit ratings, and liquidity or covenant issues.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
He’s the chief living representative of the new covenant between God and man that allows all to seek forgiveness for their sins.
From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026
One of these said alterations had been "clearly shown" using Google Earth satellite imagery, which Mr Milne said was a "breach of the aforesaid covenant".
From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025
In 2020, pandemic-era covenant suspensions created the conditions for distressed companies to scrutinize their loan documents, uncovering the “liability management loopholes” that have defined the years that followed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025
In law, a covenant is a contract or other agreement between people or groups, in which they agree to do or not do a particular thing.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Vocabulary lists containing covenant
Hamilton
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The Mayflower Compact (1620)
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World Religions
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