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noun

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Recent Examples of insolvent
Adjective
The group found that Trump’s agenda would make the government program insolvent in six years, shrinking the current timeline by a third, and expanding Social Security’s cash shortfall by trillions of dollars. 5. Kristian Burt, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2024 Trump's change would make Social Security’s retirement trust fund insolvent more thanone year earlier – in early 2032 instead of late 2033 -- and the initial 21% cut across the board would deepen to a 25% cut, CRFB said. Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2024
Noun
While its offshore entity has been in the liquidation process since last year, Evergrande's massive onshore units are also insolvent, offering little restructuring value, Lu added. Anniek Bao,lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2025 Between 2021 and 2023 alone, nine insurers went insolvent, including three of the ten largest ones operating in Florida. Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for insolvent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insolvent
bankrupt
Adjective
  • Then, about a year ago, Grigsby contacted Pan American World Airways, the company that owns the branding and logos of the long-bankrupt airline.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
  • JPMorgan is the nation’s largest bank, and lawyers representing the trustees of bankrupt Tricolor have alleged that the company was engaged in fraud, Bloomberg has reported.
    Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025

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