as in bankruptcy
the inability to pay one's debts unless the economy improves, many resorts in the area face insolvency

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Recent Examples of insolvency 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 That kind of payroll growth was a ticket to insolvency. ArsTechnica, 11 June 2025 As mentioned above, there are myriad factors—international transportation bottlenecks, natural disasters and supplier insolvency, among others—that need to be considered simultaneously in real time to decide what’s best for the business. Sadagopan S, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025 That would likely hasten the insolvency of its trust funds, policy experts have warned. Alain Sherter, CBS News, 14 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for insolvency
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bankruptcy
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  • Despite Regeneron's pledges to honor 23andMe's privacy policies, more than two dozen states sued to halt the deal, arguing that genetic information is a unique and fundamentally different type of property than the kind that might normally change hands in a bankruptcy sale.
    John Ruwitch, NPR, 30 June 2025
  • Waters bought the team out of bankruptcy for roughly $7 million in June 2015.
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 27 June 2025

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“Insolvency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insolvency. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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