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Recent Examples of borrow Anything short of that, to borrow one of Monfort’s favorite words, would be ludicrosity. Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 8 July 2025 For example, new federal loan caps will lower federal borrowing some 28% to $100,000 for graduate students and 11% to $200,000 for medical school, the Journal reported. Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025 By skipping cash payments and piling on more debt, companies that borrow on PIK loans end up owing a lot more in the future . Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 7 July 2025 The bill would enforce a lifetime cap of borrowing $100,000 for graduate students as well as $200,000 cap for medical and law school students. Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 5 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for borrow
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  • What’s next: The majority of major companies will adopt synthetic data strategies by December.
    Steven Wolfe Pereira, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • After a lengthy discussion on what to send back to the jury, Judge Subramanian adopted the language for the note proposed by the prosecution.
    Tracy Wright , Lauryn Overhultz , Maria Paronich , Brendan McDonald, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2025
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  • By embracing storytelling each professional reached their goals and experienced significant leadership transformation.
    Esther K. Choy, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
  • Jude Bellingham trotted over in his flip-flops in astonishment to congratulate Courtois before the two embraced, but no one was more pleased to see his goalkeeper come to the rescue than Alonso, who was asked what was going through his mind as Sabitzer’s effort headed towards goal.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 6 July 2025

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“Borrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borrow. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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