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- verb Present participle of
default .
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Examples
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The choice between inflating or defaulting is predicated on false logic.
Marshall Auerback: Does a Weaker Currency Equal Default? Not in the Real World Marshall Auerback 2010
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The choice between inflating or defaulting is predicated on false logic.
Marshall Auerback: Does a Weaker Currency Equal Default? Not in the Real World Marshall Auerback 2010
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The sooner they begin defaulting in earning, the sooner we can get through this Depression and the sooner we can begin rebuilding on a more stable basis.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » In Case You Were Not Depressed Enough… 2010
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Folks taking out mortgages that they couldn't afford and then defaulting is not Bush's fault.
Our Pal Joey? 2008
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The good news for Goolsbee and the president is that House GOP leadership does seem to see the deficit ceiling debate a bit differently than their incoming Tea Party brethren -- as does the intellectual establishment of the Republican Party, including George Will, who, following Goolsbee on ABC, criticized the idea of defaulting simply for symbolic reasons.
Austan Goolsbee: Hitting Debt Ceiling Would Be 'First Default In History Caused Purely By Insanity' Sam Stein 2011
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The good news for Goolsbee and the president is that House GOP leadership does seem to see the deficit ceiling debate a bit differently than their incoming Tea Party brethren -- as does the intellectual establishment of the Republican Party, including George Will, who, following Goolsbee on ABC, criticized the idea of defaulting simply for symbolic reasons.
Austan Goolsbee: Hitting Debt Ceiling Would Be 'First Default In History Caused Purely By Insanity' Sam Stein 2011
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I'm not so hot on the idea of defaulting on the student loan just to more quickly amass the funds needed to pay cash for a computer.
ana-ng Diary Entry ana-ng 2009
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But today a positive spiritual revolution is being wrought among men, for Mother Nature is calling defaulting humanity back to herself with no uncertain voice.
Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration Louis Dechmann
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"It is not called defaulting -- it's code for a restructuring," the newspaper quoted the minister as saying.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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SOUNDBITE: TOM ROTH, HEAD OF PRIVATE WEALTH CONSULTING, UBS GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT ENGLISH SAYING: Even if there is no deal by August 2nd, it is unclear when the U.S. would stop to fulfill any of its obligations, so potentially there may be other things that the U.S. could fail to pay prior to so-called defaulting on its debt.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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