insolvency

Example Sentences

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And Congress should make this transition sooner rather than later, given the coming insolvency of Social Security, only six or seven years away.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Of the 1,965 remaining, 95 are in the process of administration, insolvency or liquidation.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

The report said the higher education regulator, the Office for Students, fears 24 providers - including seven with over 3,000 students - are at risk of insolvency and "market exit" in the next 12 months.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Double-digit raises have been promised to union workers by a school system that for months has proclaimed that it is in dire financial straits, trapped in deficit spending and facing potential insolvency in four years.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

“Impossible!—when I told you how she, on the contrary, deserted me: the idea of my insolvency cooled, or rather extinguished, her flame in a moment.”

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë