1
as in obligation
something (as money) which is owed
he filed for bankruptcy when his debts exceeded his assets
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2
as in crime
a breaking of a moral or legal code
forgive us our debts
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Recent Examples of debt
There are still monthly bills and student loan debt to pay.
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Terry Collins, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026
Due the dollar’s status as the world’s reserve currency, the federal government has long been able to issue debt at rates lower than investors would otherwise allow.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
Or, in cases of extreme financial hardship, a hospital or medical provider may agree to forgive your debt entirely.
—Kat Tretina, Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2026
School districts School districts receive the largest share of property taxes in Dallas, funding salaries, debt payments and maintenance costs.
—Neal Franklin, Dallas Morning News, 24 Mar. 2026
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Terry Collins, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026
Due the dollar’s status as the world’s reserve currency, the federal government has long been able to issue debt at rates lower than investors would otherwise allow.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
Or, in cases of extreme financial hardship, a hospital or medical provider may agree to forgive your debt entirely.
—Kat Tretina, Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2026
School districts School districts receive the largest share of property taxes in Dallas, funding salaries, debt payments and maintenance costs.
—Neal Franklin, Dallas Morning News, 24 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for debt
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The obligation was imposed within the tenets of the European Union’s 2018 Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) under which streamers must ensure that at least 30% of their content offering is European in origin.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
27 Mar. 2026
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The 2012 nationalization of Argentina's largest energy company, further damaged Argentina’s international standing by reinforcing its history of abandoning its global financial obligations.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Prisoners who are guilty of various violent crimes were not eligible, according to the embassy.—
Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Oz, who earlier this year was criticized after posting a video accusing Armenian crime groups of carrying out widespread fraud, continued Thursday to accuse California and Los Angeles officials of not doing enough to combat fraud.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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See round ups for Fort Worth-area teams and scores from around the state.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Apr. 2026
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The man who crashed an explosive-laden truck into a Michigan synagogue where scores of children were at daycare acted as an operative of Hezbollah, the foreign terrorist organization based in Lebanon, federal officials said March 30.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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Whatever Heidegger’s political sins, his philosophy restores a clarity our therapeutic culture fears.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
27 Mar. 2026
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And second, airing poor behavior within a community can normalize it so that others feel less compunction about their own sins.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
26 Mar. 2026
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That’s because one way a district can qualify for financial hardship is to have bond indebtedness of at least 60% of the total bonding capacity.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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If passed, school districts would have to include payments of bonds, indebtedness and contracts.—
Jack Harvel,
Kansas City Star,
20 Feb. 2026
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The warrant was issued as part of an investigation into narcotics violations, police said.—
Mike Darnay,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Now called The Palms — records show the home changed ownership both in 2018 and 2019 — the ALF has been cited by health regulators for 90 violations since 2012.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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Farmers had hoped to compensate for last year's losses, when farm bankruptcies increased for the second year in a row.—
Lana Zak,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Spirit, the low-cost carrier that filed for its second bankruptcy last year, cut several routes earlier this month.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Debt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debt. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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