as in ruin
the inability to pay one's debts
learned the hard way the costs of declaring bankruptcy
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Recent Examples of bankruptcy
Individuals may file for file Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy, and all bankruptcy cases are handled in federal courts.
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Alain Sherter, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2025
Two other businesses, Best Choice Trucking in Massachusetts and C & C Freight Network out of Georgia, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 22 Apr. 2025
The diocese filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in February 2020.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
No bankruptcy Who are your top three campaign contributors?
Friends, Community Members Who Support my Platform, and Citizens who Want what’s best for our children and schools.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
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Alain Sherter, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2025
Two other businesses, Best Choice Trucking in Massachusetts and C & C Freight Network out of Georgia, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 22 Apr. 2025
The diocese filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in February 2020.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
No bankruptcy Who are your top three campaign contributors?
Friends, Community Members Who Support my Platform, and Citizens who Want what’s best for our children and schools.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bankruptcy
Noun
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Last week, Vance Simkins’s meltdown at the Top Christ Following Man event seemed to have squashed his ambition to expose the Gemstones and bring his ministry back from financial ruin.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
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To go from almost nothing, saved from financial ruin by four Palace supporters (of whom three, including chairman Steve Parish, remain shareholders), to become FA Cup winners and qualify for European competition for the first time would rank as the club’s finest achievement.—
Sam Lee,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The fraud on his watch represents one of the greatest failures of a public official in the state’s history.—
Jim Schultz,
National Review,
1 May 2025
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The study describes how private businesses lack the financial incentive to fund basic and applied scientific research and development and how government agencies like the NIH and NSF ameliorate the market failure.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
1 May 2025
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Those terms were not deemed strong enough by Tri-City leadership to guarantee that Tri-City would avoid insolvency, and the university stopped negotiations in July 2024.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2025
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Volocopter is also on the list for 2025; however, that's a bit dicey given the company filed for insolvency last December, went into administration in January, and was acquired by Diamond Aircraft just a month ago.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Bankruptcy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bankruptcy. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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