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Chapter 11

noun

Definition of Chapter 11

as in bankruptcy

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Recent Examples of Chapter 11 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 On October 15, 2018, Sears Holdings Corporation filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. — Jason Goldberg, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Sleep Number, the unit-share leader, filed for Chapter 11 in June 2026 with $672 million in debt after net sales fell 16%; Sleep Country Canada bought its assets a month later for $701 million. — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for Chapter 11

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Answer some basic questions about your financial history, like late mortgage payments, foreclosures and bankruptcies.

— Dan Simms, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
The leases of nearly 60 other locations remain to be sold off as part of the bankruptcy proceedings.

— John Magsam Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 3 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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Their failure to receive one may be attributed to their having vague symptoms, such as a general feeling of malaise, weakness, or fluctuating muscle pain.

— Jerome Groopman, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026
Compounding the issue was UM’s failure to get to the quarterback.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026

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