peg

Example Sentences

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Because the rate serves as a peg for home loans, it helped pull the 30-year mortgage rate below 6% for the first time since 2022.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026

A balance-of-payments crisis could happen when sustained demand for a particular currency depleted the U.S. government’s official reserve holdings, thereby threatening the stability of the peg.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

“Where we peg the dividend at a moment in time is something the board will take up in, I guess…in March. And there’s not a lot more I can add to that.”

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

Nature has given us a peg, with the death Jan. 13 of former UC Berkeley scientist Peter Duesberg, at 89.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

“See how this peg fits into the shoulder then slips into the top of the arms, and it swings. See!”

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli