default
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With fewer safeguards in place, the default rates on federal loans were higher for older Gen Xers than was the case for older millennials years later.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Provision for credit losses, an expense set aside to cover expected losses from loans or credit that may default, rose by $276 million to $467 million.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
"We don't always do great things. We're not always in our integrity, but our default is to be good and to be good to one another," he said.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 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
The house was likely to become mine by default and nothing else.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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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