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[lend] / lɛnd /


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Since June, bond investors have doubled the incremental yield they demand to lend to Nvidia to about 0.40 percentage point over comparable Treasury bonds, according to pricing service Solve.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

The Supreme Court has refused to lend its judgments to collusive litigation since Lord v.

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

Its glacial flatness doesn’t lend itself to crusades, or to impressive scenes like a man on horseback silhouetted against the sunset.

From Salon Aug. 9, 2026

Regulation limited how much lenders were able to lend - technically, only 15% of their new mortgages could be at higher than 4.5 times loan-to-income.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

“They also lend out too many of the wrong sort of books.”

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

The deal would be the latest in a string of vendor financing agreements in the AI ecosystem, whereby a seller lends to a buyer of its products.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

Carney’s unique tenor ranges from Jeff Buckley to Freddie Mercury; his rock background and skill with the guitar is required for Orpheus’ lyre-playing and lends to the folk roots of Mitchell’s songs.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

A heavily congested schedule lends itself to splitting the coaching jobs, but can also lead to one team being sidelined in terms of access to multi-format players.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

The institution then provides guarantees to commercial banks that finance military contractors or lends directly for projects deemed vital to national security.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

The only possible giveaway is my long, long hair, but in Antonio’s eyes, this just lends me a royal presence.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

Some funds have also lent heavily to software makers threatened by artificial intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

The Hormuz closure has only lent greater significance to the Red Sea, the only other maritime route for oil shipments from global heavyweight Saudi Arabia.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

Rather than convert their mountain of trade-surplus dollars into yen, which would have driven the yen higher still, they lent the dollars back to the country they had earned them from.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

The opposition statement was more detailed and expressly referred to the support the United States has lent since the quakes, which it said showed that "Venezuela is not alone".

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

Harry bent swiftly over the tattered book Slughorn had lent him.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

Walter, the billionaire founder of Guggenheim Partners, is facing a federal investigation at his firm into private credit lending, and a liquidity crunch.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

“Lenders are fairly comfortable with the current macroeconomic conditions to keep lending money,” he said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

A case in point is UWM, which expanded its FHA lending after the housing market stalled.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Fears that the U.S. is reliant on China and other countries for the critical components of weapons and equipment needed by the Pentagon have fueled a government lending spree of tens of billions of dollars.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

Her other expenditure was at the lending library, where she borrowed Oliver Twist.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson




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