How to Use national debt in a Sentence

national debt

noun
  • The following chart shows the national debt from 1970 to the present day.
    Mike Patton, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Here’s what to know about the national debt and what the rising levels could mean for you.
    Bailey Schulz, The Courier-Journal, 18 Jan. 2024
  • What did happen is that $1 trillion has been added to the national debt, and there is no good way to spin that.
    Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Over the course of four events, only a few constituents raised their hands to engage on the issue of the national debt.
    Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2023
  • But what kind of effect does the national debt even have on the economy at large?
    Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 June 2024
  • Over the long term, there simply must be a plan for reducing the national debt.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The national debt has grown by over $6 trillion since Biden took office.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2024
  • What’s happening: The gross national debt has grown at an alarming pace since then — by $1 trillion in the last three months alone.
    Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 20 Sep. 2023
  • What happened there was an $8 trillion increase in the national debt, the largest ever.
    Stefan Becket, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Last week, the national debt reached $35 trillion, a mere seven months after the debt reached $34 trillion.
    Ron Paul, Orange County Register, 5 Aug. 2024
  • The national debt has soared past $34 trillion, to be saddled on the backs of our posterity.
    Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 17 Mar. 2024
  • This is not surprising since the national debt has not been a central issue in DC since the days of the Tea Party movement.
    Ron Paul, Orange County Register, 5 Aug. 2024
  • In your judgment, are the national debt and the federal budget deficit a problem?
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 26 June 2024
  • And neither has a plan to tame an ever-rising national debt.
    Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Biden said Trump blew up the national debt and mismanaged the pandemic.
    The Arizona Republic, 27 June 2024
  • And as Matt pointed out, our national debt is $33 trillion.
    ABC News, 1 Oct. 2023
  • As a result, the national debt will continue to surge and with it interest payments on the debt.
    The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 20 June 2024
  • Some Republicans worry the plan would add to the national debt.
    Nik Popli, TIME, 19 July 2024
  • With the United States’ national debt closing in on $34.2 trillion, some of the biggest figures in the world of finance have been speaking out.
    Will Daniel, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2024
  • That would pay for the child tax credit and still leave $50 billion additional to put toward the national debt.
    Erik Sherman, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023
  • And while the national debt overall has grown, the interest the U.S. has to pay on its debt is still low by historical standards.
    Bytristan Bove, Fortune, 27 May 2023
  • In a statement, Manchin said his vote centered on the impact sweeping loan forgiveness would have on the national debt.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 1 June 2023
  • This leads to borrowing that contributes to the national debt.
    Bailey Schulz, The Courier-Journal, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Finally, the economists do agree that the national debt is a problem.
    Journal Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Over the last decade, Congress has authorized trillions of dollars in spending, tripling the national debt since 2009.
    Christine Romans, CNN, 27 Apr. 2023
  • While much of his appearance focused on the national debt, Scalise also briefly touched on the 2024 GOP primary.
    Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Federal spending and the national debt are out of control.
    Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024
  • An eleventh-hour deal to avoid default on the national debt is headed to President Joe Biden's desk for signature.
    USA TODAY, 2 June 2023
  • Both presidential campaigns are pitching plans that would add trillions to the national debt, though Trump's plans would do so at a faster rate.
    Courtenay Brown, Axios, 10 Sep. 2024
  • His claim that bitcoin could settle national debt has also drawn criticism for its impracticality.
    Tonya Evans, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024

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