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Verb
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Citing economic pressures, the museum reduced its staff earlier this year, with a total of eight positions affected either by layoffs or a reduction in pay and benefits.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
5 Sep. 2025 -
Dementia risk could be dramatically reduced with one common health intervention, a study finds.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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While its offshore entity has been in the liquidation process since last year, Evergrande's massive onshore units are also insolvent, offering little restructuring value, Lu added.—
Anniek Bao,Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
25 Aug. 2025
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Between 2021 and 2023 alone, nine insurers went insolvent, including three of the ten largest ones operating in Florida.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Torre says that Leonard was paid the $28 million through Aspiration, a tree-planting service that is now bankrupt.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Many businesses closing in Urfa were previously non-production businesses, established at zero cost with government incentives, used as warehouses while pretending to operate, and then declared bankrupt.—
Mayu Saini,
Sourcing Journal,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Straitened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straitened. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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