liquidation

noun

Definition of liquidationnext
as in removal

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Recent Examples of liquidation The company had filed for the measure under Italian liquidation law last March. — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 July 2026 Some assets may be exempt from liquidation, including your primary residence, retirement accounts and Social Security benefits. — Carson Brunson, CNBC, 9 July 2026 Gumede’s consortium bought Tongaat Hulett out of near liquidation earlier this year, taking control of a business whose mills and grower networks anchor rural economies across Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 3 July 2026 As Spirit’s liquidation efforts continue, other airlines are jockeying to either occupy its space at FLL or expand from their current operations. — Miami Herald, 26 June 2026 In January of this year, the companies filed a motion for Chapter 7 liquidation, but a judge denied that bid and ordered Chapter 11 trustees for both to operate the businesses and oversee finances. — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 17 June 2026 For example, the company's store in Spokane said in a recent Instagram post that the store's liquidation sale has already started and should run through August or September. — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 15 June 2026 The business, which appeared to be a liquidation store, was located in a commercial plaza within walking distance of the Otay Mesa Port of Entry. — Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2026 After that, Olivia will assess inventory for liquidation sale plans. — Noelle Alviz-Gransee may 27, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for liquidation
  1. removal
  2. elimination
  3. abolition
  4. erasure
  5. abolishment
  6. cancellation
  7. annulment
  8. defeasance
Noun
  • His removal at the interval for Ollie Watkins in that farewell game, with England 4-0 up, is not thought to have been related to an injury.
    — Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • Dig It Up Since lily of the valley spreads via underground rhizomes, the most effective removal method is to dig up the plant and dispose of it.
    — Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 20 July 2026
Definition of removal
Noun
  • Kelce’s last game was the team’s elimination from the playoffs for the first time in a decade, after a loss to the Los Angeles Chargers in mid-December 2025.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
  • After beating France on Tuesday, the Spanish national soccer team now has more elimination-game wins at AT&T Stadium in the past 10 years than the Cowboys.
    — Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Definition of elimination
Noun
  • Amendment, the abolition of slavery, and argued that loopholes led to today’s mass incarceration of Black Americans.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 21 July 2026
  • Instead, El-Sayed, who supports Medicare for All and the abolition of ICE, has established himself as both the most progressive candidate in the primary and the front-runner in the polls.
    — Jason Zengerle, New Yorker, 10 July 2026
Definition of abolition
Noun
  • The erasure of our ancestor’s contribution to food history doesn’t change the fact that Indigenous cultivars have shaped the world in significant, lasting ways.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
  • More to Explore Settler colonialism is characterized in part by the erasure of the history of those removed and replaced, so American myth tells of bootstrapping settlers exploiting the bones.
    — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 20 July 2026
Definition of erasure
Noun
  • New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has again called for the abolishment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement after the death of a man in Houston.
    — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 10 July 2026
  • Juneteenth commemorates the abolishment of slavery in the United States.
    — Danielle Broadway, Parents, 19 June 2026
Definition of abolishment
Noun
  • The site hosted 11 million products, including clothing, footwear and accessories, and saw delivery delays and cancelations in the days after.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 20 July 2026
  • The best subscription trackers, like Rocket Money, could actually handle the cancellation themselves.
    — Nick Perry, USA Today, 20 July 2026
Definition of cancellation
Noun
  • Cyrus and Johanna Rosie Scholem, known as FireRose, had only been married for seven months before their split, with the country music star asking the court for an annulment on the grounds of fraud.
    — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026
  • After that ended in an annulment, Paschel went on to wed three more times (in 1998, 2007 and 2015) and fathered at least four children, including his late son Kazhem, who died in March 2018 at 13 months old.
    — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
Definition of annulment
Noun
  • A couple of other candidates lurk in the wings, but SOFR is achieving the most traction, according to Rob Finlay, founder of Thirty Capital, LLC, a defeasance and derivative consulting firm.
    — Joshua Stein, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
Definition of defeasance

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