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Example Sentences
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FAT Brands hired advisers to restructure its debt outside bankruptcy but filed for chapter 11 shortly after a Jefferies Financial Group subsidiary sued the company for allegedly defaulting.
A sovereign-debt crisis would mean the U.S. can’t pay its debts, or there is such widespread fear of default that interest rates soar and the economy nosedives.
In the absence of guidance, everyone defaults to the safest possible choice, usually acquired on the way to the party.
From Salon
Still, the default rates in the sector look relatively contained, according to the Wells Fargo Investment Institute.
From MarketWatch
After frantic work in the garage, Mercedes managed to fix Russell's car by applying a series of default procedures such as switching the car off and on again and swapping out the steering wheel.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
