Thesaurus results for CHAPTER 11

Chapter 11

noun

Definition of Chapter 11

as in bankruptcy

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Recent Examples of Chapter 11 Chapter 11 proceedings are expected to void existing player contracts. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026 Joann Fabric and Crafts closed all of its stores, including the Elk Grove location, in 2025 after the chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2026 In July, Pacific Private Money and affiliates filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection amid investor lawsuits and government investigations, the Marin Independent Journal reported. — Jeff Quackenbush, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2026 Financial services firm Lehman Brothers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the largest bankruptcy ever, with assets worth $639 billion. — USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for Chapter 11

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Chatham Asset Management won the bidding in the bankruptcy auction that year, and much of the company’s debt was eliminated in the acquisition.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
In this dark comedy that captures our anxiety about the future of technology, two entrepreneurs nearing bankruptcy unveil a VR device that uses personal data to predict its users’ future.

— Katherine Brodsky, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of bankruptcy

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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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It is built the same way that the figure skater builds a routine or the running back learns to explode through a crack in the line—repetition after repetition, failure after failure, with no shortcut available and no machine that can stand in.

— Dan Rockmore, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
That makes preventing deployment and routing failures especially important as these fleets expand.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026

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