foreclosure
noun
the act of foreclosing a mortgage or pledge.
foreclosures
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pluralof foreclosure.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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We don’t have to live in a world where people profit from tragedy, be it wildfires or a child with cancer, housing foreclosures or weapons manufacturing.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
That stress has also appeared in auto-loan delinquencies and home foreclosures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
The figure is also the highest since the first quarter of 2020, when pandemic-era mortgage-relief measures and stimulus payments first led to a huge drop in foreclosures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
“They’re talking about a lot more foreclosures and a lot of loan restructuring.”
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026
The various bonds you make from those loans will go bad not as the loans go bad but months later, after a lot of tedious foreclosures and bankruptcies and forced sales.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
