How to Use in default in a Sentence

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  • No payments were missed, and the loans were never found to be in default, Williams said.
    — Jennifer Peltz, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Mota said the loan was in default, so the owner was giving up the building to Bayport in order to get free of the debt.
    — Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The energy drink maker had been in default on its bank debt since March.
    — Jeremy Hill, Bloomberg.com, 13 Oct. 2022
  • About 16% of borrowers are in default, according to the White House.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Judge Jeremy Cook ruled in Spacey's favor and overturned the judgment in default against the actor.
    — Sam Tobin, USA TODAY, 8 May 2024
  • After 270 days, the loan will be considered in default.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Naftogaz – one of the most important companies in Ukraine – is in default on bond payments due this year.
    — Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Country Garden has just weeks to come up with the cash to make interest payments on some of its bonds or join its peers in default.
    — Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2023
  • SeaWorld remains the only city lessee in default on its lease payment.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Already, Veritas, the largest landlord in San Francisco, is in default on loans for some of its 95 buildings in the city.
    — Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 May 2023
  • Already, Veritas, the largest landlord in San Francisco, is in default on loans for some of its 95 buildings in the city.
    — Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 May 2023
  • The company is not in default under the contracts, DeBard said.
    — Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Apr. 2021
  • But those who were in default need to take certain steps to do so — and complete them before next September to keep their loans out of default for the long term.
    — Tara Siegel Bernard, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The fine print is considerable on reverse mortgage contracts, and each year, scads of them end up in default.
    — Steve Lopez Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2020
  • But those who were in default need to take certain steps to do so — and complete them before next September to keep their loans out of default for the long term, The Times said.
    — Robert Higgs, cleveland, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Moya had been in default on his loans at times, seeing his tax returns get seized and even his wages garnished for repayment on his debt.
    — Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 30 June 2023
  • Russia has until May 4 to meet its obligations or it could be considered to be in default, the agency said.
    — Uliana Pavlova, Chris Liakos and Anna Cooban, CNN, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Five of the office buildings face the risk of foreclosure, according to its public filings, and at least two of its mortgages are in default.
    — Konrad Putzier, wsj.com, 1 May 2023
  • The developer now has 30 days to pay up before it is officially deemed to be in default.
    — Bynicholas Gordon, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Last month, the lenders who hold more than $100 million in debt on the high-rise declared the mortgage in default and began procedures to transfer ownership of the building.
    — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 19 Jan. 2021
  • By not paying off the balance of the $3.6 million loan, Shelbourne is now in default, according to court documents.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2024
  • What about borrowers who were in default before payments were paused?
    — Tara Siegel Bernard, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Failure to pay, or attempting to pay in rubles instead of dollars as required by the bonds, would set the stage for Russia to be placed in default by its creditors.
    — Alexander Saeedy, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2022
  • The mortgage delinquency represents the second time in about a year that a real estate loan for the building has landed in default.
    — George Avalos, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Nearly one out of five former students is in default, according to the Pew Research Center.
    — Joe Nocera and Bloomberg Opinion, Star Tribune, 25 Dec. 2020
  • However, this program is geared to borrowers who were already in default on their loans before the payment pause began in March of 2020.
    — Robert Farrington, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Some defendants, including Iran, the Taliban and al-Qaida, already have been found in default.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 1 Aug. 2024
  • The fine print to the VA's new program also says that if a loan was modified, the borrower has to have made payments for at least six months, and then be in default for at least three months, to be eligible.
    — Quil Lawrence, NPR, 11 Apr. 2024
  • But that effort failed, and Argentina wallowed in default–the worst-case scenario for Argentina, the plaintiffs, its exchange bondholders, and the court.
    — Gregory Makoff, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Two possible scenarios are cited in which the museum would be in default on the agreement, allowing the city to take back the property.
    — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024

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