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debt

[det] / dɛt /


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“Because we are still talking a bout a drop in the bucket in terms of Treasury debt out there,” he said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 2026

The city’s pension and debt payments already swallow roughly 40% of its net operating budget.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

“We have an eternal debt to them that has never been paid. Sí se puede.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

Many university graduates also face mounting student debt.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

It must be the sleep debt I owe my body—the accumulated hours of missed rest over the past four days.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

The average graduate in England leaves university with debts of more than £47,500.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

It bankrupted the director, and he abandoned Justin's mother Caroline, leaving her with all his debts.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

A court found Evergrande founder Hui Ka Yan, a Harvard donor, responsible for large-scale fraud to hide debts.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

And that’s money the billionaire can apply to pay down the debts of two troubled Delaware life insurers he owns that are under federal scrutiny.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

Many other Monticello people were later sold to pay down Jefferson’s debts.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis




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