Question about Senior Debt

https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/pa…

I was watching the videos in the above LCD Primer, and the guy talks about Senior Secured Loans. He said that Senior Secured Loans are only issued by non-investment grade companies. This made me realize that investment-grade companies do not use Senior Debt.

So what kind of debt do investment-grade companies use? Do they only issue corporate bonds? They must be able to obtain term loans from banks, correct? If so, how are term loans different from Senior Secured Loans and why are they called different things?

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