Example sentences for: collateral

How can you use “collateral” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • After the decision-in which fear of collateral damage was an important factor- not to use cruise missiles against Kandahar in December 1998, Shelton and officers in the Pentagon developed plans for using an AC-130 gunship instead of cruise missile strikes.

  • The "inhibitory" activity of myelin may actually serve to promote axonal growth in an intact fiber tract (such as the distal stump of the injured spinal cord) by restricting this growth to an orientation that is parallel to the fiber tract while discouraging local meandering and collateral sprouting.

  • This is supported by the fact that the extent of hypoxic induction of VEGF-A in monocytes correlates strongly with the presence of collateral vessels in patients [ 29].

  • The bondsman's fee is usually 10 percent of the bail, with defendants putting up collateral for the remainder.

  • The "help" refers to the $1.35 million in collateral President Clinton's chief fund-raiser, Terry McAuliffe, put up to secure the house loan.


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