in default

idiom

: having missed a payment that is due
She's in default on her loan.

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The Trump administration has begun garnishing wages of student loan borrowers in default. Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 11 July 2025 President Donald Trump's Education Department, on the other hand, has moved in recent months to garnish the wages and other benefits of borrowers in default. Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 10 July 2025 And this summer, the department is expected to begin garnishing the wages for more than five million borrowers who are in default on their student loans. Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025 By spring 2024, the records show Nassar was in default of the mortgage and owed about $189,000, triggering the home’s foreclosure and the mortgage company's subsequent purchase of it at auction. Violet Ikonomova, Freep.com, 8 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for in default

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“In default.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20default. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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