as in bankruptcies
the inability to pay one's debts
unless the economy improves, many resorts in the area face insolvency
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Recent Examples of insolvencies
MacGuineas also emphasized the pressing need to address long-term entitlement program insolvencies, specifically Medicare and Social Security trust funds, which face financial depletion without reform within roughly seven years.
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Dave Smith, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
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
Dave Smith, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insolvencies
bankruptcies
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The move comes 16 years after the bankruptcies of General Motors and Chrysler that intensified Detroit’s downfall.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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The bankruptcies of First Brands and Tricolor that have Wall Street on edge allegedly stemmed from falsified financial documents.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Insolvencies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insolvencies. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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