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Recent Examples of liquidation
Other distressed shoe companies this year include sneaker reseller Soleplay, which closed four stores, and children’s shoe retailer Amiga Shoes, which filed a Chapter 7 liquidation petition.
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Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 26 Dec. 2025
Hundreds of plaintiffs have sought relief through lawsuits aimed at stopping the liquidation of duties and ensuring access to refunds.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 26 Dec. 2025
Bitcoin has not convincingly regained its footing from the October flash liquidation, sitting some 30% below its peak above $124,000 ten weeks ago.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2025
On Sunday, members of the Democratic Party voted to disband the party and to enter liquidation, Chairman Lo Kin-hei told reporters after an extraordinary general meeting.
—Reuters, NBC news, 14 Dec. 2025
Chapter 11 is not about ending a company—Chapter 7, which calls for liquidation of assets to repay debts, is used for that purpose—but instead reinventing it.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 Dec. 2025
The company has since made plans to close or host liquidation sales at dozens of locations, including in the Hoosier State.
—Marina Johnson, IndyStar, 1 Dec. 2025
The company has since made plans to close or host liquidation sales at dozens of locations, including in Louisville and Southern Indiana.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Nov. 2025
The company has since made plans to close or host liquidation sales at dozens of locations, including seven stores in Michigan, according to court documents.
—Saleen Martin, Freep.com, 26 Nov. 2025
Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 26 Dec. 2025
Hundreds of plaintiffs have sought relief through lawsuits aimed at stopping the liquidation of duties and ensuring access to refunds.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 26 Dec. 2025
Bitcoin has not convincingly regained its footing from the October flash liquidation, sitting some 30% below its peak above $124,000 ten weeks ago.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2025
On Sunday, members of the Democratic Party voted to disband the party and to enter liquidation, Chairman Lo Kin-hei told reporters after an extraordinary general meeting.
—Reuters, NBC news, 14 Dec. 2025
Chapter 11 is not about ending a company—Chapter 7, which calls for liquidation of assets to repay debts, is used for that purpose—but instead reinventing it.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 Dec. 2025
The company has since made plans to close or host liquidation sales at dozens of locations, including in the Hoosier State.
—Marina Johnson, IndyStar, 1 Dec. 2025
The company has since made plans to close or host liquidation sales at dozens of locations, including in Louisville and Southern Indiana.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Nov. 2025
The company has since made plans to close or host liquidation sales at dozens of locations, including seven stores in Michigan, according to court documents.
—Saleen Martin, Freep.com, 26 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for liquidation
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Some said they were held in detention centers for months before their deportation and were moved multiple times to detention centers in multiple states before their removal from the United States.—
Daniel Gonzalez,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
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The attorneys for the Department of Justice argued that the preliminary injunction blocking Abrego Garcia’s removal to Liberia should be dissolved because the government received assurances from the government of the West African country that he will not be persecuted or tortured.—
Laura Romero,
ABC News,
8 Nov. 2025
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Dietary magnesium deficiency is uncommon because the kidneys limit the mineral's elimination through urine.—
Laura Schober,
Health,
5 Jan. 2026
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The stage is set for the medal games at the 2026 World Juniors following Sunday’s two excellent semifinals, highlighted by a thrilling Sweden-Finland overtime game that needed an eight-round shootout and the Czechs bouncing the Canadians for a third straight year in the elimination round.—
Corey Pronman,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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The talk will encompass later American revolutions which related directly to principles expounded on in the Declaration of Independence such as abolition and women’s suffrage and civil rights.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
4 Jan. 2026
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Executions in several countries that retain the death penalty surged in 2025, despite abolition campaigns gaining momentum worldwide.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
2 Jan. 2026
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The Borg represent our fear of erasure, of disappearing into a vast, flat, and uncaring bureaucracy, and are one of modern fiction's most deft updates to the existential horror first popularized in the fiction of Franz Kafka.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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The trailer continues through a selection of archival photos and videos, tracing the presence and subsequent erasure of Black people from cowboy culture.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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White South Africans, whose roots can be traced to settlers arriving under Dutch and British colonial rule, dominated the country through a system of racial segregation known as apartheid from 1948 until its abolishment in the early 1990s.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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And that was the report that recommended the abolishment of the coroner system.—
Katie Hafner,
Scientific American,
10 Sep. 2025
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Despite the 2025 report (read it here) showing a slight uptick from last year’s 468 to 489 LGBTQ characters across all platforms, that number takes a major blow as more than 200 (41%) of those characters will not return, due to series cancellations, endings or limited series format.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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But finding another seat can be difficult, especially if this lasts into the holidays, or if bad weather causes flight cancellations elsewhere.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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In Munich, Vance also lashed out against the annulment of the first round of presidential elections in Romania by that country’s Constitutional Court in light of significant evidence of Russian influence through TikTok.—
Matthias Matthijs,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Dec. 2025
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The annulment, first reported by Sports Business Journal, came as a surprise, given that the parties had portrayed the deal as having been consummated.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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A couple of other candidates lurk in the wings, but SOFR is achieving the most traction, according to Rob Finlay, founder of Thirty Capital, LLC, a defeasance and derivative consulting firm.—
Joshua Stein,
Forbes,
10 Nov. 2021
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“Liquidation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liquidation. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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