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default

[dih-fawlt, dee-fawlt] / dɪˈfɔlt, ˈdiˌfɔlt /




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The case asks whether the Fourth Amendment still means what Americans think it means as surveillance becomes automated, invisible, and broad enough to treat entire groups of ordinary people as searchable by default.

From Slate • May 20, 2026

The staff presentation did reference YouTube as being blocked by default but accessible by teachers for instructional purposes.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

That would most likely be facilitated by Boro being given a default 3-0 win for the first leg, and therefore a 4-2 aggregate victory.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Borrowers 50 and older are now at higher risk of default than younger borrowers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

On October 16, 2006, they bought from Greg Lippmann’s trading desk $7.5 million in credit default swaps on the double-A tranche of a CDO named, for no apparent reason, Pine Mountain.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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