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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
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 My Urban Institute colleagues Rich Johnson and Karen Smith estimate that once the trust fund becomes insolvent, monthly benefits for a median income retiree would drop by nearly $500 in 2022 dollars and 3.8 million more seniors would fall into poverty. Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for insolvent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insolvent
bankrupt
Adjective
  • Football watchers are stacking up losses on their betting slips and fantasy records, but after every one of these aesthetically bankrupt displays, Nick Sirianni strides to the podium as coach of an undefeated team.
    J.J. Bailey, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The struggling budget airline has reached an agreement with some of its debtholders for up to $475 million in debtor-in-possession financing, a lifeline that bankrupt companies can use to continue operating, as well as $150 million from a major aircraft lessor, Huebner said.
    Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025

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