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
VanMoof Storied e-mobility brand VanMoof has risen from the ashes of bankruptcy courtesy of McLaren Applied, and launched its first new ebikes since going under in 2023.
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New Atlas, 15 June 2025
The company, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last Dec. 30, said it was forced to close because its prospective buyer elected not to operate the carrier after signing a buyout deal.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2025
Frausto, 42, is facing more than civil and bankruptcy court litigation.
—Jeff McDonald, Mercury News, 13 June 2025
His satirical novel Last Acts follows a father-son duo who enter a grand scheme together to avoid bankruptcy.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 13 June 2025
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New Atlas, 15 June 2025
The company, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last Dec. 30, said it was forced to close because its prospective buyer elected not to operate the carrier after signing a buyout deal.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2025
Frausto, 42, is facing more than civil and bankruptcy court litigation.
—Jeff McDonald, Mercury News, 13 June 2025
His satirical novel Last Acts follows a father-son duo who enter a grand scheme together to avoid bankruptcy.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bankruptcy
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However, very little is still known about this ancient civilization, in fact, less than 10 percent of their ruins have to this day been excavated.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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Nearly 9,000 African Americans were left homeless, and 35-40 square blocks of Greenwood’s residential area were in smoking ruins.—
Gary Stoller,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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Ensure your team members learn how to code securely, promote an approach where nobody is blamed after a failure, and value those who report issues quickly.—
Sai Sandeep Ogety,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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Extreme heat can cause wiring insulation to deteriorate faster, leading to shorts or failures in electrical components.—
Bethany Wales,
Sacbee.com,
30 June 2025
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More changes are being considered as the threat of insolvency looms again.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
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The Social Security fund will run dry in 2033, unless Congress combines the program’s old-age and disability funds, in which case insolvency would arrive in 2034, the report found.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
18 June 2025
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“Bankruptcy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bankruptcy. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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