Example Sentences

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The Fed report offers a look at who is defaulting:

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

“It is defaulting back to, ‘Hey, Mr. End User, take care of security!’

From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2021

War debt payment which she is defaulting as usual this month.

From Time Magazine Archive

It would probably be a lot easier for me to go over to her house...but again, my mind is defaulting to relying on Fiona for help.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen