on credit

Example Sentences

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Still, I relied on credit to get me by at times and incurred credit-card debt when I wanted to buy more than I could afford.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

Fees on credit cards have been a source of tension for years.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Moreover, without a big uptick in income growth, consumers may be forced to rely more on credit, as well as wealth effects from higher home values and stock market returns.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

Though adjusted earnings per share of $4.42 was below Jefferies’s $4.88 estimate, a better-than-expected delinquency rate on credit card lending and lower marketing costs are encouraging, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

I ask to put Donay’s coffin on credit at the colmado.

From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple