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grace period

American  

noun

  • grace periods
    plural
  1. a period of time after a payment becomes due, as of a loan or life-insurance premium, before one is subject to penalties or late charges or before the loan or policy is canceled.


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Separately, the bill gave a three-year grace period for crypto exchanges to phase out noncompliant assets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

The grace period could be adjusted depending on the "success or failure" of those efforts, the department added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Once all 125 cameras go live, motorists will get a 60-day grace period when only warnings will be issued to drivers, Sweeney said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

He said experts had since said the transition from child to adult hospitals should be done more gradually with a bigger grace period, rather than an immediate move upon turning 18.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

But I needed time, and quiet, and a few weeks’ grace period in the States if I was to do anything of the sort.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

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