Examples of debtor in a Sentence
The debtor agrees to pay the debt over a three-year period.
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Red flags to look out for A lot of legitimate and reliable debt settlement companies exist, but the industry is also rife with scammers preying on debtors desperate for relief.
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Dana Miranda, CNBC, 13 June 2025
Federal law protects just $750 of Social Security benefits from garnishment, an amount that would put a debtor far below the poverty line.
—Matt Sedensky, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
Told that the $250 million raised was comparable to the interest payments starving third world countries were paying to superpower debtor nations, Bono and friends pushed those nations to wipe the debts.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 15 May 2025
Not only that, the United States is the largest debtor the world has ever seen at any time in human history.
—David McWilliams, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
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Dana Miranda, CNBC, 13 June 2025
Federal law protects just $750 of Social Security benefits from garnishment, an amount that would put a debtor far below the poverty line.
—Matt Sedensky, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
Told that the $250 million raised was comparable to the interest payments starving third world countries were paying to superpower debtor nations, Bono and friends pushed those nations to wipe the debts.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 15 May 2025
Not only that, the United States is the largest debtor the world has ever seen at any time in human history.
—David McWilliams, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for debtor
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“Debtor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/debtor. Accessed 26 Jun. 2025.
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