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All of the software programs run the Social Security reduction scenario as an addendum, not as a default.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
Google and Apple are already closely tied, with Google paying out tens of billions of dollars every year to be the default search engine on the iPhone's Safari web browser.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said: "Companies should switch these protections on by default, for every child, on every device. We are giving them three months to show us that they will do the right thing."
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Fido becomes at first a default, then a dependency.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
The billion dollars whoever had sold Mike Burry his credit default swaps stood to lose, if the bonds went bad, replicated the potential losses of an actual bond owner.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing default
Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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The Great Depression and The New Deal
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