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This reflects first, the oil price collapse in 2014/15 and then the 2020 pandemic, but more recently the result of pressure from investors who asked companies to exercise ‘capital discipline,’ investing less, paying down debt and returning more cash to shareholders.
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Michael Lynch, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
The company has also been paying down debt by selling some of its clubs and then leasing them back.
—Nick Halter, Axios, 3 Nov. 2024
Ariel took on extra shifts to make more money and pay down their debts.
—Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 24 Oct. 2024
Trump's parade of giveaways comes at a time when presidential hopefuls are typically busy fine-tuning existing proposals rather than making a host of new ones with little acknowledgment of the fiscal cost to be paid down the road.
—Gram Slattery and James Oliphant, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2024
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Michael Lynch, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
The company has also been paying down debt by selling some of its clubs and then leasing them back.
—Nick Halter, Axios, 3 Nov. 2024
Ariel took on extra shifts to make more money and pay down their debts.
—Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 24 Oct. 2024
Trump's parade of giveaways comes at a time when presidential hopefuls are typically busy fine-tuning existing proposals rather than making a host of new ones with little acknowledgment of the fiscal cost to be paid down the road.
—Gram Slattery and James Oliphant, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2024
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“Pay down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pay%20down. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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