debts
- plural of debt.
Example Sentences
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It empowered Congress to tax Americans only for national purposes: “To pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026
Debts, taxes and expenses must be paid, and this can take several months to over a year.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 18, 2025
Debts older than three years are not collectible under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2024
He also set up a front organization called the Islands for War Debts Committee that distributed Nazi propaganda to hundreds of thousands of Americans by relying on the congressional franking system.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2024
As he got ready to leave town, though, a headline in the Daily caught his attention: “Senior Men Face Life with Debts, Few Jobs.”
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
