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junk

[juhngk] / dʒʌŋk /


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High-yield debt, also known as junk debt or non-investment-grade debt, is defined as debt that has significant credit risk or default risk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

That’s so important now, with AI and all the junk coming down the pipeline.”

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

“We never want to ship junk, right? We want to ship great products that have that Apple experience, have that Apple quality,” Ternus said in an interview last week before his official appointment.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Scientists believe the dirt also provides bacteria and minerals absent from junk food - which is completely unlike the monkeys' typical diet of herbs, leaves, seeds and the occasional insect.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

I thought only people got diabetes, and only when they ate too much junk food.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas




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