How to Use debt load in a Sentence

debt load

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  • Icahn could not be reached for comment on his debt load as of press time.
    — John Hyatt, Forbes, 3 May 2023
  • Many of the moves were part of an effort to help pay down an enormous debt load of about $50 billion.
    — John Koblin, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Proceeds will be used to pay down CI Financial’s hefty debt load.
    — Lauren Thomas, wsj.com, 11 May 2023
  • Are there even any real buyers for the whole package given its debt load (WBD has lots of debt of its own)?
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2023
  • The debt load from its merger with GateHouse has also weighed on the company.
    — Katie Robertson, BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2023
  • Disney could put $25 billion of Disney debt on the deal, cutting its debt load to $20 billion.
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2023
  • In July, Musk disclosed that Twitter has negative cash flow due to a 50 percent drop in ad revenue and a heavy debt load.
    — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 July 2023
  • In July, Musk said the company's ad revenue had plunged 50%, while also noting its heavy debt load.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The suspension will kick the next potential fight over the nation’s debt load to 2025 — past the next presidential election.
    — Alan Rappeport, New York Times, 29 May 2023
  • The nation's total debt load has almost doubled during that time to $31 trillion.
    — Lisa Mascaro and Josh Boak, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The strategy has come at a cost for New World, driving its debt load higher just as interest rates are soaring.
    — Shawna Kwan, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Those windfalls, coupled with massive cost cutting since the merger closed, have helped the company trim its debt load to about $43 billion as of Q3.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 18 Jan. 2024
  • This debt load often leaves little room for long-term savings for retirement or a home down payment.
    — Natalie Colley, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Ultimately, this means there will be less money for everything else the U.S. might want to spend money on – or the overall debt load will rise even faster.
    — Hakan Yilmazkuday, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2023
  • But the urgency to lighten its debt load may have increased as WeWork grapples with headwinds in its business.
    — Peter Eavis, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Since then, the company has been struggling to control its huge debt load and has prioritized cost-cutting.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Most creditors—from the mortgage company to the hospital to the IRS—are willing to discuss reductions in the debt load, or at least in the terms of repayment.
    — Beth Decarbo, WSJ, 20 Feb. 2023
  • With a heavy debt load and shrinking private sector, the country was vulnerable to the economic shocks from the pandemic and Ukraine war.
    — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Aug. 2023
  • But even with those savings, the agreement provides clear evidence that the nation’s overall debt load will not be shrinking anytime soon.
    — Jim Tankersley, New York Times, 2 June 2023
  • Party City, the largest party supply store in the US, filed for bankruptcy in January after struggling to pay off its $1.7 billion debt load.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN, 7 Sep. 2023
  • And while the bonds can be converted into stock, reducing its debt load, that would dilute the holdings of current shareholders.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Yet stormy waters, muddied by low box office numbers, writer strikes, and the company’s heavy debt load could still make this a turbulent year.
    — Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Or your income is relatively high already and your student debt load is pretty low.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The sale-leasebacks financed 70% of the deal, according to the lawsuit, and saddled Art Van Furniture with new rent expenses — on top of a debt load from the deal — that proved unsustainable.
    — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 2 June 2023
  • Diamond Sports’ financial filings show that its problems have been made more urgent because of its heavy debt load.
    — Kevin Draper, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2023
  • The company is racing to reduce its debt load in the face of rapidly falling prices that have increased its relative indebtedness.
    — Jack Sidders, Fortune Europe, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Twitter owner Elon Musk said the company still has a negative cash flow because of its heavy debt load and a roughly 50% drop in advertising revenue.
    — Alicia Diaz, Fortune, 15 July 2023
  • All students accepted into the Bush School’s two-year programs receive a financial award and in-state tuition, reducing their debt load.
    — Foreign Affairs, 7 July 2023
  • Cambridge Properties Holding’s debt load includes two external bank loans held by subsidiaries, both of which are floating-rate and mature next year.
    — Libby Cherry, Fortune Europe, 29 Dec. 2023
  • The bankruptcy filing will give the company some relief from its onerous debt load as its lenders, including Fortress, seek to salvage their investments.
    — Lauren Hirsch and Benjamin Mullin, BostonGlobe.com, 15 May 2023

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