delinquency
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Examples of delinquency in a Sentence
Will Daniel, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2024
According to the Federal Reserve, credit card delinquencies increased by 50 percent in 2023, while consumer debt grew to $17.5 trillion.
—Ron Paul, Orange County Register, 5 Mar. 2024
That may help reduce delinquency, so long as borrowers remain eligible for $0 payments.
—Preston Cooper, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
But the teen's legal guardian, who was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor, a misdemeanor, on the basis of the boy having access to the gun, was found not guilty.
—Sarah Rankin, Quartz, 7 Feb. 2024
Credit card delinquencies are surging Consumers who carry credit card debt are also feeling the impact of higher interest rates, which have been pushed upwards due to the Federal Reserve's flurry of interest rate hikes.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2024
The mortgage delinquency represents the second time in about a year that a real estate loan for the building has landed in default.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
Debt delinquencies for auto loans and credit cards are picking up sharply for people aged 30 to 39 as student loan repayments restart after a pandemic hiatus and put the generation under financial pressure.
—Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2024
The across-the-board increases are an abrupt departure from the pandemic period, when household debt delinquencies reached historic lows and Americans were piling away savings, largely thanks to government forbearance programs and support like stimulus payments and enhanced unemployment insurance.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2024
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1625, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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