How to Use bad debt in a Sentence
bad debt
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During the same period, bad debt rose about 46%.
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Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
6 Sep. 2025
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The equipment makers like Cisco were left holding bad debt while the startups went bust.
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Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
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Its main benefit would be financial protection and the ability to pay for a large expense rather than be a charity care or bad debt patient.
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Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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But for many others, the decision could ultimately mean missing out on tens or hundreds of thousands in retirement savings or accruing more interest than necessary on bad debt.
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Kelsey Neubauer,
CNBC,
7 Feb. 2026
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Hospitals reporting spending $42 million less on charity care and had $61 million less in bad debt from 2019 to 2021.
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Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
21 Sep. 2025
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JPMorgan was similarly forced to write off $170 million in bad debt to Tricolor, and its CEO said the two auto bankruptcies had highlighted concerns about other risky players reliant on opaque forms of financing.
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Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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