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liquidated

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verb

past tense of liquidate
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as in paid
to give what is owed for used our lottery winnings to liquidate our debts

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Recent Examples of liquidated
Verb
Berkshire previously bought a larger stake in the first quarter of 2025, but liquidated the position in the third quarter of 2025. Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026 Two months later, it was liquidated into campaign cash at a value of $170,000, marking an almost $75,000 return. Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026 His shares were taken by Delaware and liquidated in 2008 without his knowledge. Mark Lewyn, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2026 When Party City and Joann Fabrics liquidated last year, Michaels Stores had an opportunity to swoop in and fill the void each retailer had left in the market. Phil Wahba, Fortune, 17 July 2026 More than $50 million in short positions were liquidated within 24 hours, Coinglass data show. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 June 2026 Aviation experts said a revival would come with substantial challenges, as Spirit left behind billions in debt and its assets are being liquidated. Bri Buckley, CBS News, 5 June 2026 Sigmund Film was liquidated last summer, owing £340,019 to crew and suppliers, including £61,000 to The Aerial Film Company, which captured dramatic shots of The Shard. Jake Kanter, Deadline, 3 June 2026 Finding his way back In 2002, Richards’ lawyers settled with the remaining group members, liquidated Eternal Values’ assets, and the organization effectively ceased to exist. Jp Mangalindan, Time, 1 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for liquidated
Adjective
  • Not all pads are alike, but a footprint on the larger side involves five to ten acres of cleared, packed ground that serves as the hub for drilling equipment, which can include wellheads, pump jacks, tanks, wastewater storage pits, trailers, and flare stacks.
    Alex Heard, Outside, 4 Mar. 2026
  • What counts as a cleared sidewalk?
    Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 1 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • In 1979, the United States became the first country to declare polio eradicated following years of mass vaccinations; in subsequent decades, many other countries reported similar results.
    Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Now, there is a constant obsession over energy levels and management that has eradicated the previous ‘flat out’ approach to racing.
    Luke Smith, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Congress named the performing arts center as a living memorial to Kennedy in 1964, the year after he was assassinated.
    ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The congregation was the organizing place for the sanitation workers’ strike that brought King to town in March 1968, weeks before he was assassinated there.
    Jason Wollschleger, The Conversation, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • For Medicare patients, doctors are paid an additional 6% of the drug’s average price for each infusion.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The valuation of Fernandez is entirely justifiable within the context of the huge fees paid by several Premier League clubs, and specifically City, for high-level central midfielders this summer.
    Liam Twomey, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The line between a pocket camera and a drone keeps getting blurrier, and HoverAir has just about erased it.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Amid Issues That message is significant because Sanchez’s defensive problems clearly have not erased his value to the Blue Jays.
    Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • If the appeals court agrees, Patterson would only be the second woman to receive a full life sentence in Australia, after Katherine Knight, who murdered her de facto husband and cooked parts of his body.
    Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
  • On August 4, 1892, Lizzie Borden’s father and stepmother, Andrew and Abby Borden, were murdered in the family’s home in Fall River, Massachusetts.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Japan has faced growing criticism over its use of the death penalty, as a majority of the international community has abolished capital punishment.
    CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • In 2015, China also complied with the World Trade Organization ruling against China’s rare-earth export restrictions and abolished its export quota system.
    GLORIA XIONG, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Florida executed 19 people last year, accounting for 40% of all executions nationwide, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Friday, Trumann police and the Poinsett County sheriff's office executed a search warrant relating to Rebecca Lucille Montgomery, 44, Trumann police said in a social media post.
    Rafael Escalera Montoto, Arkansas Online, 22 Aug. 2026

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