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 Whispers of bankruptcy and mismanagement by the company’s founders were in the headlines. Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 12 May 2025 The other is a felon whose shoddy business résumé is laden with bankruptcies. Air Mail, 10 May 2025 Although the airlines’ management publicly set a first-quarter goal for exiting bankruptcy, the proceedings continued through April and have entered their fifth month. David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2025 Another of his companies, Hankey Capital, was a primary lender to the developer of the 105,000-square-foot L.A. mansion known as the One that fell into bankruptcy and was later auctioned off for $141 million. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 9 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for bankruptcy
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Noun
  • Peak Everything is also a fable about a man’s emotional collapse amid a world facing environmental catastrophe and ruin, as the film echoes again Emond having fears for her mental health and climate change during the pandemic.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2025
  • Built as part of the Cardiff Hall plantation, the property had fallen into near ruin; chickens and the odd goat wandered through the living room.
    Isabel Wilkinson Schor, New York Times, 16 May 2025
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  • And when strategy is rolled out, is space built in for reflection, revision and learning, or is deviation still seen as failure?
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
  • Building failures, from malfunctioning boilers and coolers to plumbing and roof leaks, are increasingly occurring, some of them during high-profile medical and tech conventions, the most recent just a couple of months ago.
    Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2025
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  • That means fewer threats of insolvency and more stability for those who've paid into the system their entire lives.
    Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
  • Today, as refinancing costs surge, many of these firms face insolvency.
    Ivan Illan, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025

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“Bankruptcy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bankruptcy. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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