as in failures
the inability to pay one's debts
learned the hard way the costs of declaring bankruptcy
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Recent Examples of bankruptcies
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Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
The consumer discretionary sector saw 49 corporate bankruptcies during the same period.
—Jonathan Carson, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The report oultlined how bankruptcies are often used as an excuse to avoid severance payments, to consolidate factories, or to relocate production to Egypt for lower costs.
—Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 2 Sep. 2025
While senior care and hospital bankruptcies surged past typical levels in the first quarter, overall health care bankruptcies dropped markedly in the three months through July.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Farm bankruptcies have roughly doubled, compared to last year.
—Beth Ford, Time, 20 Aug. 2025
The strong results for sit-down restaurants marks a turnaround after 2024 saw the most bankruptcies for the sector since the pandemic.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2025
Over 79% of the mega bankruptcies cited it as a significant contributing factor.
—Joe Camberato, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Legislative scrutiny has been increasing in recent years but reached a new level of awareness and urgency with the bankruptcies of Steward Health and Prospect Medical Holdings.
—Tina Reed, Axios, 17 Mar. 2025
Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
The consumer discretionary sector saw 49 corporate bankruptcies during the same period.
—Jonathan Carson, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The report oultlined how bankruptcies are often used as an excuse to avoid severance payments, to consolidate factories, or to relocate production to Egypt for lower costs.
—Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 2 Sep. 2025
While senior care and hospital bankruptcies surged past typical levels in the first quarter, overall health care bankruptcies dropped markedly in the three months through July.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Farm bankruptcies have roughly doubled, compared to last year.
—Beth Ford, Time, 20 Aug. 2025
The strong results for sit-down restaurants marks a turnaround after 2024 saw the most bankruptcies for the sector since the pandemic.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2025
Over 79% of the mega bankruptcies cited it as a significant contributing factor.
—Joe Camberato, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Legislative scrutiny has been increasing in recent years but reached a new level of awareness and urgency with the bankruptcies of Steward Health and Prospect Medical Holdings.
—Tina Reed, Axios, 17 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bankruptcies
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While the popular story highlights a federal civil rights victory, a more comprehensive examination reveals the triumph of white resistance, the failures of sustained federal oversight, and the longer history of Black student courage and activism.—
Time,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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Within these settings, members may receive encouragement to share their successes, failures, roadblocks, and takeaways.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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Sardinia, an Italian island in the Mediterranean just south of France's Corsica, is famed for its beaches and ancient ruins.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Well, or how the ancient ruins of Petra stole the show in the final scenes of Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989).—
Mathew Scott,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
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The impact on business is particularly pronounced as rising global debt can undermine consumer spending, trigger higher borrowing fees, suppress available capital and result in corporate bankruptcies and/or insolvencies.—
Mitch Salchow,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Bankruptcies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bankruptcies. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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