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Recent Examples of indebted
The 1929 margin calls amplified this, as leveraged (read indebted) investors dumped stocks to cover their borrowing.
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Steve Booren, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2025
Given the sharp revenue declines, narrow margins, and a heavily indebted balance sheet, the micro-cap stock appears cheap for a reason and is better left alone.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Forty-two percent of indebted parents took on debt for their children's prescriptions, and 41 percent for doctor visits.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
Evergrande, once China's largest developer by sales, will now be remembered as the world's most indebted developer with more than $300 billion in debt and whose default set off a broader years-long crisis that has weighed on the country's economic growth.
—Anniek Bao,lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2025
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Steve Booren, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2025
Given the sharp revenue declines, narrow margins, and a heavily indebted balance sheet, the micro-cap stock appears cheap for a reason and is better left alone.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Forty-two percent of indebted parents took on debt for their children's prescriptions, and 41 percent for doctor visits.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
Evergrande, once China's largest developer by sales, will now be remembered as the world's most indebted developer with more than $300 billion in debt and whose default set off a broader years-long crisis that has weighed on the country's economic growth.
—Anniek Bao,lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indebted
obligated
Adjective
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The spokesperson did not respond to specific questions including what the legal basis would be for rescinding obligated funding.—
Jan Ellen Spiegel,
Hartford Courant,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Indebted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indebted. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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