liquidation

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Recent Examples of liquidation The system will then assess and validate those entries and take out IEEPA harmonized tariff schedule (HTS) numbers before recalculating the appropriate duty rates and processing any necessary liquidation or reliquidation of funds. Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 13 Mar. 2026 Chapter 7 bankruptcy typically eliminates unsecured debts, such as credit card balances, through liquidation, while Chapter 13 restructures debts into a multi-year repayment plan. Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026 There’s no exact dollar figure on the size of the market at this point, but Hennick told Fortune that anywhere between 15% to 50% of the claims could be sold or assigned to liquidation specialists or hedge funds. Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2026 After that window closes, the liquidation is legally final. Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026 Even if the church appeals the decision to the Supreme Court, the liquidation process can proceed immediately. Will Barker, TheWeek, 5 Mar. 2026 Other businesses in the area of the grocery store site are a KFC, AW Outlet liquidation store, an AMC movie theater and Cityview Lanes bowling alley. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Feb. 2026 The Broward home is owned by Debra Kerr, a one-time sales representative for AllHere Education — an AI company that collapsed and filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation in 2024. Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026 The carrier has been racing to secure liquidity and shed costs to rule out a liquidation scenario that its pilots’ union warned could erase South Florida’s largest airline. Sabrina Valle, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
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Noun
  • Critics say the new requirements would result in the removal of perhaps thousands of voters from the rolls and in the disenfranchisement of young voters.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Arthurell now remains in private accommodation following his Monday removal, ABC Australia reported Tuesday.
    Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • An array of factors led to this, including the opioid epidemic, a shortage of affordable housing, and the elimination of psychiatric beds.
    Barbara A. Blair, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • It’s expected to be a 16-team tournament broken into four pools with double elimination leading to the quarterfinals with the top two teams in each pool advancing, followed by single elimination.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Jair Bolsonaro was also convicted on charges that include leading an armed criminal organization and attempting the violent abolition of the democratic rule of law.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Bolsonaro was also convicted on charges that include leading an armed criminal organization and attempting the violent abolition of the democratic rule of law.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Acknowledging the team’s own reflections on the erasure of the Palestinian experience, the jury wanted to help mark the next step in the project’s journey to be seen and to tell a vital international and deeply personal story.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 Mar. 2026
  • That erasure can also lead to resentment, anxiety and postpartum depression, Alvarez-Borland said.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 9 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Stratton alone has called for the abolishment of the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
    Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
  • In the past few years, there have been multiple instances when the abolishment of daylight saving time was mentioned and even brought up in legislation, and this year will continue the trend, as a new bill was recently introduced to change daylight saving time.
    Jordan Green, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 3 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • On February 14th, Anthropic was told that a failure to accept the government’s demands might result in contract cancellation.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
  • While cancellation options are available in advance of the first, second and third financial quarters—broadly speaking, advertisers may back out of between 25% and 50% of their upfront allocations for each of those periods—the ontological status of fall buys is a lot less equivocal.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The publication finalizes the legal annulment of concessions for the Balboa and Cristobal terminals near the Panama Canal, which Panama Ports Company, a subsidiary of CK Hutchison, had operated for nearly three decades.
    Reuters, NBC news, 24 Feb. 2026
  • In the movie, moments after the annulment is announced—on TV while father and sons are in a bar—gunshots are heard.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026
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  • 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

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“Liquidation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liquidation. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.

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