liquidation

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Recent Examples of liquidation After that, Olivia will assess inventory for liquidation sale plans. Noelle Alviz-Gransee may 27, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2026 Known for bright yellow planes that fans dubbed banana buses, Spirit filed for liquidation after years of losses. Leah Nylen, Bloomberg, 27 May 2026 Connecticut officials said this month that policyholders are likely to receive 34% to 57% of their claims from PHL in a liquidation of the company. Gretchen Morgenson, NBC news, 20 May 2026 Then, if there’s some residual value in the loans that defaulted – say the company went to liquidation and each of the loans saw a 50% recovery rate, that gets another 5% of the portfolio back. Steven Dudash, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026 The property was forced into liquidation in 1932 and purchased by the duPont family from Jacksonville for $336,000. Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026 During the liquidation process, other airlines will buy Spirit’s planes, hire some of its former employees, and, eventually, take over its slots, including those at the Marine Air Terminal. John Cassidy, New Yorker, 11 May 2026 Nevertheless, the liquidation of the airline that accounted for 5% of flights last year is certain to increase flight prices in the long term. Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 7 May 2026 Bitcoin has gone from panic liquidation to constructive recovery, and the chart is beginning to reflect that shift. Tony Zhang, CNBC, 6 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for liquidation
Noun
  • But after years of record investment by the state in such wildfire risk mitigation, two key money sources are drying up, potentially reducing the state’s annual budget for vegetation removal by hundreds of millions of dollars.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
  • Environmental advocates say the removal left communities in the dark about chemical risks in their backyards.
    Evan Bush, NBC news, 30 May 2026
Noun
  • With two outs in the 10th inning, Makoa Sniffen drove in Cody Kashimoto on a walk-off single off UCLA reliever Easton Hawk to lift Saint Mary’s to a 6-5 comeback win Sunday in a Los Angeles Regional elimination game at Jackie Robinson Stadium.
    Joaquin Ruiz, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
  • The Sooners also rallied from six runs down to defeat Georgia Tech 15-8 on Sunday, forcing Monday’s elimination game.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • That's the movement for abolition and suffrage and civil rights.
    Dana Taylor, USA Today, 1 June 2026
  • Only at abolition were the freed given last names.
    ABC News, ABC News, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • For pilgrims, Hajj, performed over five days, can be a deeply moving spiritual experience and a chance to seek God’s forgiveness and the erasure of past sins.
    Baraa Anwer, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
  • For pilgrims, Hajj, performed over several days, can be a deeply moving spiritual experience and a chance to seek God’s forgiveness and the erasure of past sins.
    ABC News, ABC News, 26 May 2026
Noun
  • Its video shows Omar — at about four minutes into her speech — calling for the abolishment of ICE and for then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign or face impeachment.
    Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 7 May 2026
  • Over the past year, ICE has faced intense scrutiny from Democratic lawmakers, some of whom have called for its abolishment.
    Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • José Palma, national coordinator of the National TPS Alliance — an advocacy group that has fought in federal courts against the cancellation of TPS for several countries—welcomed the extension of protections for the Lebanese.
    Gisela Salomon, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
  • Their effort prompted a 7 1/2-month strike that forced the cancellation of the World Series for the first time in 90 years.
    Ronald Blum, Fortune, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • The annulment was controversial; even some of Georgescu’s leftist detractors argued that the decision was anti-democratic.
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
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

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“Liquidation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liquidation. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.

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