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Recent Examples of liquidation
The threat of Spirit Airline's liquidation came as a result of the carrier skipping an interest payment, CBS News has learned.
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Olivia Rinaldi, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
Spirit’s lawyer told bankruptcy court the airline needs new financing or access to $240 million by the end of next week, warning liquidation could eliminate more than 14,000 jobs.
—Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
Jones filed for bankruptcy soon after, in late 2022, and in 2025 a judge ordered the liquidation of his company.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
Presumably, phase two of CAPE’s deployment will apply to entries that are beyond 80 days past liquidation, but CBP has not yet announced the date that those capabilities will come online or what the process will look like.
—Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 21 Apr. 2026
The messages were exchanged in a staff WhatsApp group during the summer of 2018, around the same time that Abraaj filed for liquidation.
—Hettie O'Brien, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026
The company has declined comment on the liquidation and federal assistance reports.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026
The exact day the carrier could begin liquidation wasn’t immediately clear.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2026
Olivia Rinaldi, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
Spirit’s lawyer told bankruptcy court the airline needs new financing or access to $240 million by the end of next week, warning liquidation could eliminate more than 14,000 jobs.
—Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
Jones filed for bankruptcy soon after, in late 2022, and in 2025 a judge ordered the liquidation of his company.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
Presumably, phase two of CAPE’s deployment will apply to entries that are beyond 80 days past liquidation, but CBP has not yet announced the date that those capabilities will come online or what the process will look like.
—Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 21 Apr. 2026
The messages were exchanged in a staff WhatsApp group during the summer of 2018, around the same time that Abraaj filed for liquidation.
—Hettie O'Brien, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026
The company has declined comment on the liquidation and federal assistance reports.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026
The exact day the carrier could begin liquidation wasn’t immediately clear.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for liquidation
Noun
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The asbestos removal work will be done on the rear portion of the data center property on Windsor Street, once a parking lot.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
24 Apr. 2026
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Two hydroelectric dams on Washington’s Elwha River were removed in 2011 and 2014 after the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and others lobbied for their removal for decades.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Trump did not foresee the California Democratic voters matching Texas with the elimination of five House Republican seats and culminating last Tuesday with Virginia voters removing four Republican seats for four Democratic seats.—
Nick Akerman,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Amen Thompson scored 23 points, Tari Eason added 20 and the Houston Rockets avoided elimination with a 115-96 rout of the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 4 of the Western Conference playoff series Sunday night.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Establishment of federal observers The key contribution of the Voting Rights Act that Americans are typically taught about in school is its abolition of racial discrimination in voting.—
Allison Mashell Mitchell,
The Conversation,
1 Apr. 2026
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The temperance, abolition, and civil-rights movements in America were all motivated in part by religious convictions.—
Luis Parrales,
The Atlantic,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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That filmmaker had argued that outsourcing decisions to machine intelligence amounted to a form of self-erasure.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
25 Apr. 2026
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Schomburg spent his life defying these prohibitions and erasures.—
Laura E. Helton,
Literary Hub,
20 Apr. 2026
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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
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The attorney general also took the opportunity to jab Cornyn, scrutinizing him for backing the abolishment of the filibuster.—
Faith Bugenhagen,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
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Norse Atlantic Airways announced this week the cancellation of all its summer flights from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Airlines may cite fuel shortages or rising fuel costs as the reason for cancellations.—
Rio Yamat,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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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
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For a variety of reasons, such annulments often cannot be obtained though Francis issued a separate reform to simplify, facilitate and accelerate the process.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 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 1 May. 2026.
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