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have been defaulting

  • present perfect progressive of default.

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More borrowers have been defaulting on their loan payments, which typically results in a repossession.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 26, 2026

AI shopping agents have been defaulting to card-on-file payments, freezing out alternative payment methods like Klarna’s buy now, pay later offering from automated checkout flows, the company says.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 4, 2026

At Corinthian schools, students have been defaulting on private loans made directly by Corinthian itself to its own students — so-called institutional loans — at rates exceeding 50 percent.

From Salon Jun. 17, 2012

The agency itself is upset that some people have been defaulting on their FHA loans, then buying bargain houses at HUD auctions.

From Time Magazine Archive