How to Use loan in a Sentence
- He'll need several more years to pay off the rest of the loan.
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If one spouse takes out a loan to go to school, the debt can be considered joint.
—Alexandra Peers, CNN, 19 Aug. 2023
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Those are the aspects of the Sanford-Brown program that Causey said drew her to enroll — and take out loans.
—Journal Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2024
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For reference, the cost to originate a mortgage loan is about 0.5% to 1% of the total loan amount.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2023
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Perhaps the loans, much like Schrödinger’s cat, might be both fake and real at the same time, if the money came in at some point after March 2022.
—Grace Ashford, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2023
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Mulberry will receive a $7.5 million loan from the same fund.
—Samantha Lacicero, arkansasonline.com, 7 Mar. 2024
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Paul was charged with eight counts of making false statements while seeking loans from mortgage lenders in the U.S. and Ireland.
—Jake Bleiberg and Paul J. Weber, Anchorage Daily News, 9 June 2023
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The infusion is not a loan as such but will shore up the reserves and remain with Pakistan's central bank for at least a year.
—Saudi Arabia, Fox News, 11 July 2023
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Pell grants are given to low-income students that do not need to be repaid, unlike a loan.
—Cheyenne Haslett, ABC News, 15 Nov. 2023
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How does this impact current loans the city already has?
—Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 2 June 2023
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Yet the injury also hastened his return to LAFC on a loan that includes an option to buy.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
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That saves money in interest over the life of the loan, but a shorter term also serves to raise monthly payments.
—Jim Henry, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
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Some investors want more stakes and shares, others want to offer loans or credit instead of cash.
—Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 9 June 2023
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Rates for credit cards, adjustable-rate mortgages, auto and other loans are now poised to climb again.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
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Ohl said many renters are likely to face higher interest rates with credit cards and car loans.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2023
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Singh did grant some of Trump's requests, including pausing a three-year ban on him seeking loans from New York banks.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 19 Mar. 2024
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Think of a preapproval letter as a solid endorsement of your ability to meet the requirements of the loan.
—Cameron Sullivan, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2024
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The spreadsheet also factored in payments for my college loans.
—TIME, 13 Feb. 2024
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These cost savings enable our students to choose jobs of interest to them, not what best repays their loans.
—Foreign Affairs, 7 July 2023
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Millions of borrowers have had their loans transferred to new servicers.
—Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 10 June 2023
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Before Fitch’s statement, the United States paid a 4 percent interest rate on 10-year loans, Zagorsky said.
—Vivi Smilgius, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
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Degrees that don't produce income to repay the loan should either cost less or not be eligible for the loan.
—Mike Scott, Arkansas Online, 11 July 2023
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Instead, the Fed would be expected to cut rates, which would make consumer and business loans more affordable.
—Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2024
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But a special servicer takes over in case of imminent default and is the only one that can modify such loans.
—Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2023
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The men repaid loans and previous investors with money from new investors, court records show.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 7 Mar. 2024
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Rates are high enough to meaningfully slow the economy and quell demand for all kinds of loans and investments.
—Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
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The collateral for such a large loan would be significant: The film rights to ten of Marvel’s characters.
—Joanna Robinson, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2023
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For a loan, banks often want to see a track record of property investment, which is hard for a newer nonprofit.
—Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
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The answer is Don Hankey, a subprime car loan billionaire who has run afoul of regulators.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
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Trump cannot sell his shares or use them as collateral for a loan for six months because of a provision in the company’s merger agreement, known as a lockup.
—Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
- The National Gallery has been kind enough to loan this painting to our museum.
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So that person can mandate the trustee to loan funds to you.
—Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023
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He was loaned out to Portland for the second half of the 2008 season.
—Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2023
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Some of the partners would loan money to the firm -- but Alex never did this.
—Fox News, 7 Feb. 2023
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Maybe the Tigers need to loan out Greene to the other struggling pro franchises in the city?
—Andrew Hammond, Detroit Free Press, 19 June 2022
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Some of them have to pay back the money they were loaned to come to America.
—Lateshia Beachum, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
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Lenders then browse people’s needs and choose to loan as little as $25.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2022
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Musk could also go to court to force the banks to honor their agreement and loan him the money.
—Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 15 July 2022
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The Dreschers called a friend who lived in the area to tell them about the sale; two weeks later, the acquaintance offered to loan them the down payment.
—Moira Donovan, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Feb. 2022
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Patinkin went on to explain that his yoga teacher loaned him the edgy outfit.
—Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 29 Dec. 2023
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Due to supply-chain issues, though, G. Loomis only had the 10-foot model to loan us for our test.
—Ryan Chelius, Field & Stream, 3 Aug. 2023
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Within an hour, someone in D.C. who supports the Ukrainian fight showed up at her place to loan her a car.
—Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2022
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The first few times she’d been stuck at work, her co-workers had offered to loan her money or even drive her home.
—Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2022
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That limits the amount of money banks can loan out, however.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 7 Feb. 2024
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For more than 50 years, China has loaned giant pandas to US zoos.
—CNN, 9 Nov. 2023
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Barbeau then set traps the wildlife department loaned her, near her back patio and garage.
—Austindedios, oregonlive, 24 Aug. 2023
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Greek museums, meanwhile, will loan Cycladic works to the Met.
—Colin Moynihan, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2022
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Sensing his potential, his boss at the flower shop loaned him $6,000 to open a flower shop of his own.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 14 Jan. 2024
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Could loan or grants send more students down a medical path?
—Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Feb. 2022
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The Thorns loaned her to Lyon in 2022, and allowed her permanent transfer to the team in France’s top division in June.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 July 2023
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LaCour loaned her daughter his cell phone and stayed with her until Perkins arrived with a spare key.
—Jamie Landers, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
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Some were held back after being deemed too fragile to transport or couldn’t be loaned out.
—Shelley Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Mar. 2023
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Radios are available to loan out if your vehicle does not have FM.
—Paula Wethington, Detroit Free Press, 14 May 2022
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The mask itself, though, was absent, because its guardians at the British Museum had refused to loan it.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2022
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Koeltl asked Gratz as a tense pushback to IA’s stance that this particular case is just about a library’s right to loan out books.
—Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 20 Mar. 2023
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The Memorial Scrolls Trust was established soon after to preserve the Torahs and loan them to synagogues around the world.
—Steve Maas, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2022
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Plus, the hotel is happy to loan you coolers, towels, and beach chairs for your excursions.
—Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2022
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Banks make money by loaning out their clients' deposits.
—Genevieve Redsten, Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2023
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The former mayor has been known to be a prolific fundraiser — and, unlike either of his likely competitors, has not loaned his campaign any money.
—Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2024
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Concrete business owner David Taylor has loaned his own campaign $1.7 million, while Larry Kidd, who owns a hiring agency, has invested $1.3 million in the race.
—Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 18 Mar. 2024
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