as in bankruptcy
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 insolvency That would likely hasten the insolvency of its trust funds, policy experts have warned. Alain Sherter, CBS News, 14 May 2025 Stay true to your March vote, board members, and hire an interim CPS boss who won’t risk the system’s insolvency because of the mayor’s myopic ideological rigidity. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025 JPMorgan Chase claimed the top spot overall for the third year in a row, after rising from fourth place in 2022 following its acquisition of First Republic out of insolvency. Sergei Klebnikov, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025 But the program is facing a looming insolvency crisis that could see benefits automatically cut in the years to come. Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for insolvency
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bankruptcy
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  • Despite Regeneron's pledges to honor 23andMe's privacy policies, more than two dozen states sued to halt the deal, arguing that genetic information is a unique and fundamentally different type of property than the kind that might normally change hands in a bankruptcy sale.
    John Ruwitch, NPR, 30 June 2025
  • Waters bought the team out of bankruptcy for roughly $7 million in June 2015.
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 27 June 2025

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“Insolvency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insolvency. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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