Thesaurus results for BANKRUPTCY

bankruptcy

noun

ˈbaŋk-(ˌ)rəp(t)-sē

Definition of bankruptcy

as in ruin

the inability to pay one's debts learned the hard way the costs of declaring bankruptcy

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Recent Examples of bankruptcy The board cited financial difficulties, bankruptcy risks and building safety concerns. — Paul Grein, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2026 Red Lobster emerged from its 2024 bankruptcy in a lightning-fast three months and is now under the management of Damola Adamolekun, who was 35 at his appointment and the chain’s youngest-ever CEO. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026 She was involved in a bankruptcy case in 2013, arrested on suspicion of careless driving in 2021, and arrested in 2023 on suspicion of domestic violence and battery. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026 Survivors have sought to dismiss the bankruptcy and are fighting the Archdiocese's claim of charitable immunity—that donations to a charity should not be used to pay civil claims. — Bryan Lynn, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bankruptcy

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In the war-and-plague story of Volume II, the wartime siege of Constantinople exacerbates the extreme heat and causes the ruin of the city as well as the eventual spread of the epidemic from the battlefields to the wider world.

— Eileen Hunt, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026
Victoria Zardoya, Milania’s best friend since childhood, fell on July 26 while exploring historic ruins at Fort Dade on Egmont Key, Florida, and died two days later at age 20.

— Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of ruin

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Let Congress know how dire the situation is (or will be, if there’s a failure to act).

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026
The stunning failure in Tennessee's execution chamber on Wednesday has left both sides of the death penalty debate demanding answers.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of failure

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The proposal would have allowed the state Department of Finance to advance future state funding to a school district facing cash insolvency.

— Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2026
By doing this, lowest-income beneficiaries would receive larger benefits, poverty would be reduced, and Social Security's insolvency would be delayed, advocates said.

— Medora Lee, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of insolvency

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