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But despite some resistance from those around them, many told me that, in a broader sense, they felt having children no longer had to be the default.
From BBC • Jun. 28, 2026
“No one has the right to enter another’s property without permission,” Justice Barrett continues, “and the State has merely adjusted the default to require permission to be clear. But that is plainly wrong.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026
In most inheritances, however, step-up in basis is actually the default, not the exception.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026
Unlike corporate debt, issuers can suspend preferred dividend payments without triggering a default.
From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026
The market, and the rating agencies, effectively had set the odds of default at 1 in 200.
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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