national debt

noun

: the total amount of money that the government of a country owes to companies, countries, etc.

Examples of national debt in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The national debt reached $40 trillion this week, but the president’s attention seemed directed elsewhere. — The Editors, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2026

While the deficit has been huge for years, overall debt topped $40 trillion on Wednesday, a staggering record that arrived just months after the national debt first blew past the $39-trillion mark in April. — Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

This week the United States national debt surpassed $40 trillion, an increase of $1 trillion dollars alone over the past five months. — Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

And this week, the national debt hit a grim milestone of $40 trillion, having quadrupled since 2008. — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

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