Examples of jumbo in a Sentence
the winner in the contest for biggest pumpkin was a jumbo that weighed in at over a thousand pounds
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Types of loans Conventional, FHA, VA, USDA, Arrive Home, Zero Down, jumbo, renovation, refinancing, reverse mortgages, home equity loans
Terms
10 to 30 years
Credit needed
540 for FHA, VA and USDA loans; 600 for Zero Down; 620 for conventional loans, 680 for jumbo loans.
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Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 29 June 2025
What do the Statue of Liberty and a super luxury jumbo Boeing 747-8 have in common?Other than their proximity to clouds, not much.
—Grace Abels, Austin American Statesman, 12 May 2025
The airline has 52 747s in its fleet and will operate 1,558 flights on the jumbo this summer, accounting for over 569,000 seats.
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—Marisa Garcia, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
Credit needed 620 for conventional, 500 for FHA loans, 660 for jumbo, none for some non-qualifying mortgages.
—Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2025
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Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 29 June 2025
What do the Statue of Liberty and a super luxury jumbo Boeing 747-8 have in common?Other than their proximity to clouds, not much.
—Grace Abels, Austin American Statesman, 12 May 2025
The airline has 52 747s in its fleet and will operate 1,558 flights on the jumbo this summer, accounting for over 569,000 seats.
5.
—Marisa Garcia, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
Credit needed 620 for conventional, 500 for FHA loans, 660 for jumbo, none for some non-qualifying mortgages.
—Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Jumbo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jumbo. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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from Jumbo, name of a huge elephant shown by circus owner P. T. Barnum
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