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Experian has a few theories: “Credit-card issuers may review your credit reports for signs of financial instability, such as excessive balances on revolving accounts, late payments or frequent cash advances.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
The rollout is part of Robinhood’s push to become a one-stop financial shop, especially among its more affluent customers who are willing to pay steep annual fees for a premium credit card.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
A high credit score and low credit limit are not necessarily strange bedfellows.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
Obviously, an 830 credit score is a feather in your cap.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
The cash flows of Mike Burry’s credit default swaps replicated the cash flows of the triple-B-rated subprime mortgage bond that he wagered against.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Customers specifically criticized the $250 in DoorDash credits, which could only be used $10 at a time on orders of $50 or more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Hiddleston, who studied classics in college, for which he credits his trip to Pompeii, and so speaks a little Latin, is puckishly identified in a title as “amateur classicist.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Also of interest to Wall Street are automotive gross margins excluding credits, a measure of the health of Tesla’s core vehicle business.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
But since Figures was elected to represent the area, he helped the medical center receive $500,000 in federal funding for a new MRI, in addition to more than $1m in federal tax credits.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Since there was no way to verify the data’s authenticity, the bidding stayed low, and I won the auction for a few thousand credits.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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Federov's six months at the helm in the defence ministry have coincided with a string of military successes for which the minister, not always fairly perhaps, is credited.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Macauley credited the progress to a "beautiful partnership" between herself, her students and other trainees.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
The Taylor family is credited with helping to pioneer numerous innovations, from bagged salads to the U.S. industry’s first automated harvesters for romaine lettuce, cabbage and celery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
The money might be credited back to the taxpayer, depending on rules and agreements between states.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
They’d learned to expect little from bosses and other authority figures, with the single and crucial exception of a teacher named Mike Brown, whom they both credited with having changed their lives.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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England and Manchester City both offered their condolences to the Keegan family, with the latter crediting their former manager with establishing them as a Premier League club.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
While crediting Spahn with helping the CDU return to power, the chancellor added: "Credibility is the most valuable asset in politics."
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
The 2nd Circuit relied on the long-familiar Mathews test here, crediting the government’s concerns about flight risks, but ultimately ruling in favor of requiring a bond hearing given the length of Black’s and G.M.’s detentions.
From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2026
Others focused on the brass and bronze, the enormous American flags and the presidential seal, carved into a stone wall, and crediting Donald J. Trump.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
This was followed by a prolonged whistle from the latter, who continued for some time to examine the squirrel carefully, scarcely crediting the evidence of his senses.
From The Cave by the Beech Fork A Story of Kentucky?1815 by Spalding, Henry S.
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