Example Sentences

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The bank will lend against a special entity holding loans as collateral, and it will lend out only a portion of the underlying collateral’s value, for example.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

"There is no possibility that banks will lend Argentina $20 billion. It was a lie," he said.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

“Just because people will lend you money doesn’t mean that you need to take it — or that you can afford it,” Schulz said.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 21, 2025

The centre has funded a researcher for the study and will lend its expertise to help roll out the device across the NHS, should the study prove successful.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2025

“I shall find thee a piece of soft pine and will lend thee my knife. ’Tis sharp and of good steel.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli