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Bad debt losses and inventory impairment losses contributed to the red ink, the company said on April 21.—Russell Flannery, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026 Let’s bust out the red ink and slap some grades on this deal.—Zach Harper, New York Times, 23 June 2026 Mistakes may hurt and temporarily cause your business to bleed red ink.—Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2026 If the property tax Amendment 3 passes, a tsunami of red ink and unavoidable state belt-tightening will come just as every county and city are also starved of revenue.—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for red ink
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from the use of red ink in financial statements to indicate a loss