default
noun
failure to act; inaction or neglect.
Example Sentences
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Diedrichs said unless the designers prompt AI to show realistic or diverse features, "it's going to give you an image that defaults to the average" data set of the "narrow" traditional beauty standards.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
That return shows that the higher interest payments have outweighed the greater volatility and higher rates of bond defaults and credit losses for the high-yield index.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
“Throughout our history, we have been a reliable producer and supplier with zero defaults on any shipment,” Al-Kaabi said at the Qatar Economic Forum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
“We’re on our own,” Chatzky noted, “but defaults are coming.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
A mortgage created in early 2005 might have a two-year “fixed” rate of 6 percent that, in 2007, would jump to 11 percent and provoke a wave of defaults.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
