in arrears
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"The US remains in arrears, as are many other member states who have yet to fulfil their financial commitments for the current biennium's regular budget," the ILO told AFP in an email Friday.
From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026
Social Security’s cost-of-living adjustments are made a year in arrears, so if your costs rose this year, your Social Security payments wouldn’t go up in response until 2027.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026
In Canada, a mortgage is considered in arrears when payments are overdue by 90 days.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
They included a couple now £13,000 in arrears on a home they bought, and a woman who faced the repossession of a house she left following a marriage breakdown 15 years earlier.
From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025
The pews were decrepit, the bills were once so in arrears the electricity was nearly turned off, and the padre hadn’t installed air-conditioning, despite summer temperatures that reach 120 degrees.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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