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[dih-fawlt, dee-fawlt] / dɪˈfɔlt, ˈdiˌfɔlt /




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Still, 730,000 borrowers, or 18.6%, were in default in the second quarter.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

"The default," says Foster, "is almost certainly not a single block."

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

Gone are the days of any interaction being private by default.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Gone are the days of interactions being private by default.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Whoever sold him a credit default swap on a subprime mortgage bond would one day owe him a great deal of money.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Another wave of defaults could be on the way.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

That would hamper investment and expansion for stronger borrowers and potentially trigger defaults in weaker ones, such as software companies facing replacement by artificial intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 2026

Private credit faces rising defaults, while junk bonds returned 2% with roughly 7% yields.

From Barron's Jun. 26, 2026

With defaults set for a comeback and stock-market valuations looking stretched, investors should be turning to fixed income to help anchor portfolios, says bond-fund giant Pimco.

From MarketWatch Jun. 13, 2026

Like the credit default swap, the CDO had been invented to redistribute the risk of corporate and government bond defaults and was now being rejiggered to disguise the risk of subprime mortgage loans.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Many of the states with the highest concentrations of defaulted borrowers are in the South, an Associated Press analysis found.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

As England goalkeeper Pickford collected the ball, Mora defaulted to returning to his natural position, failing to close the gap.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

Instead, they increasingly defaulted to reading the words themselves.

From Science Daily Jun. 10, 2026

According to the lender, Cosby defaulted on two loans secured by the property: a $12.25 million loan in 2010 and a $5.25 million loan in 2014.

From MarketWatch May 6, 2026

In August it leapt to 25.44 percent, and by the end of the year it stood at 37.7 percent—more than a third of the pool of borrowers had defaulted on their loans.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Starting in June 2025, with the pause having ended nine months prior, borrowers began defaulting again for the first time since the pandemic.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

On defaulting people into annuities, I am a bit less enthusiastic.

From MarketWatch Jun. 26, 2026

Rather than defaulting to the usual beachfront hotels, savvy summer travelers to Europe are turning to a new generation of yachts from ultraluxury brands like Ritz-Carlton, Four Seasons and Aman.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

This contributed to consumers defaulting on high-interest loans, according to the lawsuit.

From Salon Apr. 12, 2026

Mobile home buyers were defaulting on their loans, their mobile homes were being repossessed, and the people who had lent them money were receiving fractions of the original loans.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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