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student loan

noun

: a loan that is used to pay for a student's education

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Build a monthly budget that prioritizes your student loan payment along with other essentials. Kevin Cerveny, Kansas City Star, 25 Nov. 2025 While the plan is still being finalized, the new student loan caps would take effect next July. CNN Money, 25 Nov. 2025 This would affect how those seeking a nursing degree would be reimbursed for student loan payments. Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025 And while student aid programs, applications and loans were unaffected, application processing for student loan forgiveness plans was delayed, leaving hundreds of thousands of student borrowers in limbo due to the shutdown’s shuttering of department operations and furloughs of staff. Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 23 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for student loan

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“Student loan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/student%20loan. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.

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