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If your credit score is still intact, a balance transfer card with a 0% introductory APR can give you breathing room to pay down principal without interest compounding.
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Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 4 May 2026
Your mind can categorize your to-do list as either paying down debt or building credit.
—Big Think, 4 May 2026
Instead of adding to the debt, Giltner said that opting to pay down the debt would be a better allocation of tax dollars.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 3 May 2026
But that plan also would curtail all state efforts to pay down pension debt in a faster-than-normal fashion.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026
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Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 4 May 2026
Your mind can categorize your to-do list as either paying down debt or building credit.
—Big Think, 4 May 2026
Instead of adding to the debt, Giltner said that opting to pay down the debt would be a better allocation of tax dollars.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 3 May 2026
But that plan also would curtail all state efforts to pay down pension debt in a faster-than-normal fashion.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026
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“Pay down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pay%20down. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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