How to Use national debt in a Sentence

national debt

noun

• The following chart shows the national debt from 1970 to the present day.
  — Mike Patton, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
• Here’s what to know about the national debt and what the rising levels could mean for you.
  — Bailey Schulz, The Courier-Journal, 18 Jan. 2024
• The impact of those cuts was to add nearly $2 trillion to the national debt.
  — Chicago Tribune, 12 Oct. 2024
• What did happen is that $1 trillion has been added to the national debt, and there is no good way to spin that.
  — Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 15 Apr. 2023
• Over the course of four events, only a few constituents raised their hands to engage on the issue of the national debt.
  — Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2023
• But what kind of effect does the national debt even have on the economy at large?
  — Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 June 2024
• Over the long term, there simply must be a plan for reducing the national debt.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2024
• The national debt has grown by over $6 trillion since Biden took office.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2024
• What’s happening: The gross national debt has grown at an alarming pace since then — by $1 trillion in the last three months alone.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 20 Sep. 2023
• What happened there was an $8 trillion increase in the national debt, the largest ever.
  — Stefan Becket, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
• Last week, the national debt reached $35 trillion, a mere seven months after the debt reached $34 trillion.
  — Ron Paul, Orange County Register, 5 Aug. 2024
• The national debt has soared past $34 trillion, to be saddled on the backs of our posterity.
  — Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 17 Mar. 2024
• This is not surprising since the national debt has not been a central issue in DC since the days of the Tea Party movement.
  — Ron Paul, Orange County Register, 5 Aug. 2024
• In your judgment, are the national debt and the federal budget deficit a problem?
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 26 June 2024
• And neither has a plan to tame an ever-rising national debt.
  — Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Oct. 2024
• Biden said Trump blew up the national debt and mismanaged the pandemic.
  — The Arizona Republic, 27 June 2024
• And as Matt pointed out, our national debt is $33 trillion.
  — ABC News, 1 Oct. 2023
• As a result, the national debt will continue to surge and with it interest payments on the debt.
  — The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 20 June 2024
• Some Republicans worry the plan would add to the national debt.
  — Nik Popli, TIME, 19 July 2024
• With the United States’ national debt closing in on $34.2 trillion, some of the biggest figures in the world of finance have been speaking out.
  — Will Daniel, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2024
• That would pay for the child tax credit and still leave $50 billion additional to put toward the national debt.
  — Erik Sherman, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023
• And while the national debt overall has grown, the interest the U.S. has to pay on its debt is still low by historical standards.
  — Bytristan Bove, Fortune, 27 May 2023
• In a statement, Manchin said his vote centered on the impact sweeping loan forgiveness would have on the national debt.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 1 June 2023
• This leads to borrowing that contributes to the national debt.
  — Bailey Schulz, The Courier-Journal, 18 Jan. 2024
• Finally, the economists do agree that the national debt is a problem.
  — Journal Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2024
• Over the last decade, Congress has authorized trillions of dollars in spending, tripling the national debt since 2009.
  — Christine Romans, CNN, 27 Apr. 2023
• While much of his appearance focused on the national debt, Scalise also briefly touched on the 2024 GOP primary.
  — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 30 Apr. 2023
• Federal spending and the national debt are out of control.
  — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024
• For months, Scott criticized President Joe Biden’s handling of immigration and the national debt.
  — Stephany Matat, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2024
• The national debt now exceeds $35 trillion; interest payments on that debt surpass defense spending.
  — Dan Caldwell, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024