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Responses to the poll, unsurprisingly, followed default lines.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Karol came of age during the ascent of reggaeton and Latin club music as a new default in pop, and the first third of the show played to those uncompromising but crowd-pleasing strengths.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
“Interviewers have seen so much AI-generated everything, like cover letters and résumés, that they are default skeptics.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026
The iTraxx Europe senior financials index of euro financial investment-grade bond credit default swaps falls 7 basis points to 65bps, S&P Global Market Intelligence data show.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
No ordinary human being had ever heard of these credit default swaps or, if Morgan Stanley had its way, ever would.
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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