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as in to pay
to give what is owed for used our lottery winnings to liquidate our debts

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Recent Examples of liquidate Giarratana secured a $340 million financing deal after liquidating a previous construction loan earlier this year. Molly Davis, The Tennessean, 22 Aug. 2025 In turn, this pushes the coin's price even higher and results in more positions being liquidated. Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2025 Earlier this month, the company filed for bankruptcy protection, for the second time in a decade, and began liquidating. Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025 After a brief stay with Nikki and liquidating her 401(k), Molly moves into her own modest apartment, but the sartorial connection with Nikki remains. Fawnia Soo Hoo, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for liquidate
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Verb
  • In that time, the potentially fatal disease has been virtually eradicated among American children.
    Kff Health News, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Although interest in Russian Cosmism was quickly eradicated, the movement has acquired new life in the 21st century.
    Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The gun authorities say was used to assassinate Charlie Kirk was a Mauser 98, a common bolt-action rifle typically used for hunting.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Charlie Kirk, a prominent conservative figure, was assassinated on Wednesday while speaking at a college campus in Utah.
    Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
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  • In 2022, things came to a head when the company not only failed to pay its vendors but also ceased communication with their customers.
    Amanda Lauren, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The buyers also agree to pay those growers a small premium that is passed down to their workers.
    Max Blau, ProPublica, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Total job growth was revised lower by the largest amount in history, The revisions erased 911 thousand jobs over the full year period, adding to mounting concerns of a weakening labor market and fueling questions as to the reliability of monthly data being used to gauge employment.
    JJ Kinahan, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • These services do all the work for you by actively monitoring and systematically erasing your personal information from hundreds of websites.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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  • The Netflix drama follows a British family as their 13-year-old son Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper) is accused and arrested for murdering a teenage girl in his class.
    Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Overall crime hit a 25-year low, and murder a six-year low, police said.
    Hanna Park, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
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  • At the plaza, Seth Teasdale was nearby as Kirk flung some caps into the crowd, then settled into his seat under the canopy to take questions.
    Rick Jervis, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The Cortège gestures toward that transcendence, but too often settles for the kind of veiled enchantment that follows us home through our screens.
    David Hochman, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Iranian authorities must immediately implement a moratorium on all executions and abolish the death penalty.
    Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The Department of Labor withdrew a plan to establish a minimum wage for workers with disabilities and abolished wage protections for the home-health aides who assist millions of seniors and disabled people.
    E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In the clip, the pair execute the moves to the song’s post-chorus, before a bonnet-wearing Colbert pretends to choke on something, causing Gaga to erupt in laughter.
    Stephen Daw, Billboard, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The current owners tapped architect Chip Bohl and interior designer Louise Copeland to execute a complete interior renovation and construct the north wing.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Liquidate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liquidate. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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