default
noun
failure to act; inaction or neglect.
Example Sentences
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According to Miad Maleki of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, that approach has caused loan defaults and mounting debt at the National Iranian Oil Co.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Some tracking the private-credit sector say that without these loan modifications, the climbing defaults in the industry would be higher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Weaker performance by the companies they lend to and a selloff in public debt markets forced funds to write down investments that are still paying interest even as defaults climbed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Longer watchlists suggest more loan defaults could be brewing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
The defaults mounted, the bonds universally crashed, and the CDOs composed of the bonds followed.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
