Sentence examples for default to from inspiring English sources

"default to" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
It means to choose something as the standard or automatic choice. For example: "When a customer doesn't specify a payment method, we default to charging their credit card."

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The default to kvetch was set.

"Default to transparency" was number two.

We tend to default to complacency.

Accountability can only default to disclosure".

No, we don't automatically default to violence.

Thus the task falls by default to the coalition military.

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Sober, however, he defaulted to paranoia.

His political rhetoric often defaults to tub-thumping economic nationalism.

Sniffing his arm, Mr. Eichelberger defaulted to unscientific terminology.

Between set-pieces, he defaults to a slightly monotonous delivery.

Defaults to banks, in contrast, are rather more negotiable.

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