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Example Sentences
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Someone who wanted protection against a default on their MBS paid a regular premium to a seller of CDS.
From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026
But some large private software companies would begin to default on loans by 2027, Citrini writes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026
About 5 million borrowers have been in default on their student loans since the pandemic, and experts expected millions more to face the consequences of default in the coming months.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 16, 2026
The default on these machines is you just see the last two to three seconds of the race.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026
They merely needed to stop rising at the unprecedented rates they had the previous few years for vast numbers of Americans to default on their home loans.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
