lend
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The banks that lend to private credit funds are within the perimeter, and their exposure has grown by an order of magnitude over the past 10 years.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026
Such credit funds lend largely to middle-market companies, and lots of them have lent heavily to software makers that face potential disruption from new artificial-intelligence tools.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
I do so not because I accept the narrative that has been constructed around this episode, but because I refuse to lend it further oxygen or to let it define me or my career.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
"How do you get Dame Shirley to lend you her dress? You have charm, you have wit, and you also say to them, 'Please, please, can we do it?'" laughs Springer.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
“It may be,” he said, after a pause, “that we would be wiser returning to Gwydion. King Morgant and his warriors can lend us their strength.”
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing lend
"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 17
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Unit 17, Lesson 4
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