past due

Example Sentences

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In the fourth quarter of last year, those who failed to restart payments began defaulting, meaning they hit 270 days past due on their payments.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

While states and cities have picked up the slack for the federal government to some extent, the nation is way past due for major investments in early childcare.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

That sent the message that software wasn’t going to be as profitable as in the past due to what agentic AIs were creating for free, he said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 4, 2026

The New York Fed reported that roughly one million student-loan borrowers who were more than 120 days past due had their loans transferred to the Education Department’s collections unit last quarter.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

But when Etta lost her job they couldn’t pay, and after two installments were past due the store sent a man out to take the wheel away.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers