How to Use in default in a Sentence

in default

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• Texas has one of the largest groups of borrowers in default in the country.
  — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Feb. 2026
• After that day, the team would be judged in default on its agreements with the city and county.
  — Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 3 Apr. 2025
• No payments were missed, and the loans were never found to be in default, Williams said.
  — Jennifer Peltz, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2023
• The energy drink maker had been in default on its bank debt since March.
  — Jeremy Hill, Bloomberg.com, 13 Oct. 2022
• The mark for being in default is 270 days unpaid.
  — Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
• The commission agreed to declare him in default on the contract.
  — South Florida Sun Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, 8 May 2025
• What about borrowers who were in default before payments were paused?
  — Tara Siegel Bernard, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2023
• Borrowers in default must ask their loan servicer to be placed into such a program.
  — Adriana Morga, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2025
• The borrowers have been in default for an average of nearly nine years.
  — ProPublica, 20 July 2025
• SeaWorld remains the only city lessee in default on its lease payment.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2023
• Moya had been in default on his loans at times, seeing his tax returns get seized and even his wages garnished for repayment on his debt.
  — Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 30 June 2023
• The federal government has backed away from its plan to garnish the wages of those in default on their student loans.
  — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2026
• The fine print is considerable on reverse mortgage contracts, and each year, scads of them end up in default.
  — Steve Lopez Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2020
• As a result, there could be almost 10 million borrowers in default in a few months.
  — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
• But in reality, these loans were in default and couldn’t be used as collateral.
  — Samuel O'Neal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Jan. 2026
• Naftogaz – one of the most important companies in Ukraine – is in default on bond payments due this year.
  — Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
• Those who aren’t already in default should contact their loan servicer to avoid that outcome, Mayotte said.
  — Annie Nova, CNBC, 24 Jan. 2025
• Country Garden has just weeks to come up with the cash to make interest payments on some of its bonds or join its peers in default.
  — Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2023
• To be in default, a borrower must be behind or past due on their monthly payments by at least 270 days.
  — Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
• Once a loan is in default the government will send the borrower into collections.
  — Adriana Morga, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2025
• Mota said the loan was in default, so the owner was giving up the building to Bayport in order to get free of the debt.
  — Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Apr. 2023
• Millions of Americans will have to start repaying student loans that are in default.
  — Ben Abrams, NPR, 2 May 2025
• Another 12 million borrowers are either in default on their loans or on their way there.
  — Cory Turner, NPR, 11 Mar. 2026
• Borrowers in default must be given at least 30 days' notice before their wages can be garnished.
  — Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025
• The developer now has 30 days to pay up before it is officially deemed to be in default.
  — Bynicholas Gordon, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2023
• Many student loan borrowers across Georgia are in default on their repayments.
  — Jason Armesto, AJC.com, 15 Jan. 2026
• The company is not in default under the contracts, DeBard said.
  — Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Apr. 2021
• That loan has been in default since 2021 for failing to meet income-to-debt ratios, according to the lender.
  — Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 5 Aug. 2025
• Russia has until May 4 to meet its obligations or it could be considered to be in default, the agency said.
  — Uliana Pavlova, Chris Liakos and Anna Cooban, CNN, 18 Apr. 2022
• About 16% of borrowers are in default, according to the White House.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 11 Nov. 2022