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Advertising Disclosure: When you buy something by clicking links within this article, we may earn a small commission, but it never affects the products or services we recommend. After nearly five years of pandemic-related pauses, the Department of Education has officially restarted collections on defaulted federal student loans. This milestone comes as new data reveals student loan delinquency…