refinance

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Recent Examples of refinance Sources told the Russian newspaper that nearly 25% of the bond market is now at risk of default as businesses that borrowed at low rates must refinance at much higher ones. Jason Ma, Fortune, 9 May 2026 But Schultz ended up being unable to refinance and pay it off. Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 2 May 2026 In 2022, Bloomberg published a story stating that its analysis found that Wells Fargo rejected more than half of Black homeowners who applied to refinance their mortgages in 2020. Chase Jordan april 22, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2026 The small liberal arts college located in Massachusetts had embarked on a multiyear effort to refinance debt, raise money and expand enrollment. Anna Esaki-Smith, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for refinance
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Verb
  • The all-day festival was financed in part by federal funds.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 17 May 2026
  • Del Toro’s dark, ravishing fantasy set in Francoist Spain — which had taken years to finance and produce, endured a brutal production and emerged from post barely in time — was the last film to screen in competition at that year’s festival.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
Verb
  • During this time, circus families blossomed all over Mexico, aided by the appearance of the steamship and railway systems, as the circus historian Julio Revolledo Cárdenas would detail in a 2018 article for the Fédération Mondiale du Cirque.
    Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2026
  • Additionally, this decision meant Microsoft could not be held liable for allegedly aiding and abetting OpenAI.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • Standing in attendance, like doctors in a teaching hospital, was a team of conservators funded by Save Venice, an American organization that works with local experts and authorities to preserve Venice’s artistic heritage.
    Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026
  • The fund was passed by the legislature last fall in response to federal funding cuts that had resulted in food programs like SNAP, WIC and other programs that aided low-income Americans not being funded.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026
Verb
  • Much of that is being underwritten by three pro-Israel billionaires with deep pockets, including GOP megadonors Paul Singer and John Paulson.
    Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 18 May 2026
  • The album is a curious document of a certain moment in college rock, the musical ecosystem built around boutique labels (often underwritten by majors, with lax oversight) and university radio stations (always DJed by enthusiastic undergrads, with no oversight).
    Dan Kois, Pitchfork, 17 May 2026
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  • The couple helped fund and sponsor those Channel 2 programs or the station wouldn’t have been able to provide them, according to Miami Herald archives.
    Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Duncan and council members Nathan Willett and Melissa Patterson Hazley were the sole members of the City Council to not sponsor the stadium proposal.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • That sort of inning has led to them capitalizing later against starters in some games.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026
  • Minnesota had a power-play opportunity in the final period but was unable to capitalize.
    CBS News, CBS News, 6 May 2026
Verb
  • Most of the agent-payment protocols that have been announced in the past nine months (Stripe and Tempo's MPP, Coinbase's x402, Visa's Trusted Agent Protocol, Google's AP2, Stripe-backed Circuit & Chisel's ATXP) are about how a transaction gets routed across rails.
    Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
  • Staveley was the financier who had spent years attempting to buy Newcastle and, backed by the contentious support of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, finally succeeded.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 16 May 2026
Verb
  • Last August, party leaders traded votes to endorse judges based on relationships over merit.
    Adam Davis, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026
  • Prescriptions for an antiparasitic drug spiked for cancer patients after a celebrity endorsed the medication during a recent episode of Joe Rogan’s podcast.
    Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026

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“Refinance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refinance. Accessed 19 May. 2026.

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