in arrears
Example Sentences
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Inflation also undermines the value of Social Security payments, because the annual cost-of-living adjustments come a year in arrears.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 16, 2026
By the summer, Saks was in arrears with more suppliers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026
While nonperforming loans, those more than 90 days overdue, remain tame at 2% sector-wide, loans more than 30 days in arrears have risen steadily since the pandemic to 9.5%, he says.
From Barron's • Oct. 25, 2025
Last year, Reynolds helped defuse a crisis when dozens of veterans living on the West Los Angeles campus fell in arrears and received eviction notices.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2025
The pews were decrepit, the bills were once so in arrears the electricity was nearly turned off, and the padre hadn’t installed air-conditioning, despite summer temperatures that reach 120 degrees.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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