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debt

[det] / dɛt /


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The headline of the Financial Times reads: "AI debt nerves trigger race for default insurance in case boom turns to bust".

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

He has a small pension, we’ll both get Social Security, and we have no other debt.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

Seoul and Tokyo were boosted as chipmakers and other key players in the AI buildout boom chalked up healthy gains, following a torrid few weeks fuelled by concerns about profitability and debt financing.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Lisa added that Collins' father Rob was incapable of working due to stress and his business went under, leaving him in debt.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

This was a distressing thing to admit, given how hard I’d worked and how in debt I was.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Call it a sign of the times: A JPMorgan analyst is looking into the exposure banks will have if CoreWeave defaults on its debts.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Lenders have told the Bank of England they expect the number of unpaid credit card debts to keep going up this autumn.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

But it has also been brewing because the interest rate is higher than most other student loan plans, and many have seen their debts rise despite making monthly repayments.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Which raises the question: In an age of proliferating paper currencies and mounting public debts, what is money worth?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

All three were worried that Bear Stearns might fail and be unable to make good on its gambling debts.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis


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