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in escrow

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  1. In trust with a third party for delivery after certain conditions are fulfilled. For example, Our down payment on the house is in escrow until the current owner makes the promised repairs. This legal term dates from the late 1800s.


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Intel is part of a special Department of Defense program called Secure Enclave, and 156 million Intel shares tied to it are issued, but still in escrow.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

Nebraskan homeowners, for instance, have seen a 53% increase in escrow costs in the past five years, the company noted, among the highest in the nation, due to rising home-insurance costs and property taxes.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 15, 2026

Like thousands of other couples who have navigated the intensely intimate, complex and almost entirely unregulated process of surrogacy, Gallozzi and her husband had placed those funds in escrow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

As part of the settlement, the SEC agreed to return to Ripple $75 million of a $125-million penalty it held in escrow.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025

He, Lafond, had the promise of the property; but even yet the deeds were in escrow at Rapid.

From The Westerners by White, Stewart Edward

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