Examples of debtor in a Sentence
The debtor agrees to pay the debt over a three-year period.
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The state does not notify a person when a lien names them as the debtor, allowing fake filings to remain in California’s public database for years before a victim discovers them.
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Melody Gutierrez, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
The debtors ranged in age from 24 to 76.
—Annie Nova, CNBC, 29 Dec. 2025
The group under investigation is the country's largest tax debtor, owing more than $4.8 billion, authorities said.
—Arkansas Online, 28 Nov. 2025
Its manifesto centered on curtailment of the power of the railroads, federal loans to aid farmers in debt, and currency reform that entailed reintroducing Hamilton’s old silver dollar alongside the gold dollar to ease monetary conditions, which would give debtors a chance to clear their loans.
—David McWilliams, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
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Melody Gutierrez, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
The debtors ranged in age from 24 to 76.
—Annie Nova, CNBC, 29 Dec. 2025
The group under investigation is the country's largest tax debtor, owing more than $4.8 billion, authorities said.
—Arkansas Online, 28 Nov. 2025
Its manifesto centered on curtailment of the power of the railroads, federal loans to aid farmers in debt, and currency reform that entailed reintroducing Hamilton’s old silver dollar alongside the gold dollar to ease monetary conditions, which would give debtors a chance to clear their loans.
—David McWilliams, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
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“Debtor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/debtor. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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