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forbearance

[fawr-bair-uhns] / fɔrˈbɛər əns /


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My $20,000 in student loans are in forbearance, which means my next payment isn’t due until fall 2028.

From MarketWatch May 26, 2026

The Fed also said that borrowers were more likely to receive forbearance during Covid-19 when a bank was servicing their mortgages as opposed to a nonbank.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 27, 2026

During the pandemic, for instance, borrowers with bank servicers were more likely to receive forbearance on their mortgage payments than those with nonbank servicers, Bowman said in a speech Monday.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 18, 2026

“I think some people were being offered forbearance that, frankly, didn’t comply with 238 when it should have,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 12, 2026

This forbearance on his part on hot, cloudless days, if that is what it was and not simple laziness, was not good enough.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel




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