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BDC managers tell Barron’s that public debt is just one part of their financing structure and that their debt is laddered with staggered maturities.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Allocating some money away from the stock market would make for more diversification — a set of bond funds or a laddered bond portfolio of bonds, for example.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 25, 2025

A dramatic musical score—like something out of a Marvel movie—plays loudly over clips of officers entering the windows of the garrisoned building, climbing on their laddered megatruck, and breaking the locks to the doors.

From Slate • May 4, 2024

That means if Mr. Johnson does go with the laddered approach, spending could be spared from the 1% slash.

From Washington Times • Nov. 9, 2023

His hand on the thin and laddered ribs.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy