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liquidate

[lik-wi-deyt] / ˈlɪk wɪˌdeɪt /




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That’s fair because those investors can liquidate those holdings if they choose to, or have to.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

You would have to liquidate a bigger portion of your portfolio to withdraw the prescribed amount.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

If the airline moves to liquidate, other airlines will likely look to backfill capacity, as they have in the past.

From Barron's May 1, 2026

By your own account, she had income, an inheritance, and a paid‑off home, and chose to liquidate the latter.

From MarketWatch Apr. 29, 2026

I had asked my father to sell everything, to liquidate everything, and to leave.

From "Night" by Elie Wiesel

If Spirit liquidates, other airlines, including Frontier, JetBlue, and United, are expected to backfill its markets and acquire assets.

From Barron's May 1, 2026

If the loan-to-value ratio exceeds 80%, Ledn automatically liquidates the bitcoin to pay off the loans, giving any leftover proceeds back to the borrower.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 10, 2026

If the company liquidates, all shareholders — including those who bought in at very high prices — would be paid about $10 a share.

From Washington Post Sep. 6, 2022

Rah8 liquidates to a winning endgame in which the outside passed a-pawn will spell Black’s doom.

From Washington Times Mar. 1, 2022

SUN A yellow arrival from Way Down East, who goes west daily, operates a heating and lighting trust, draws water, prints pictures, develops crops, liquidates the ice business and tans skins on the side.

From The Foolish Dictionary An exhausting work of reference to un-certain English words, their origin, meaning, legitimate and illegitimate use, confused by a few pictures [not included] by Wurdz, Gideon

While your primary home, your car as well as your retirement accounts are exempt from being liquidated in Chapter 7, your other assets are fair game.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

They liquidated the company and used their last $40,000 to start another one.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

A $250,000 traditional IRA inherited by two adult children is liquidated at their marginal brackets across a decade.

From MarketWatch Jun. 17, 2026

Aspiration subsequently filed for bankruptcy and liquidated all of its assets by July.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 2, 2026

Eventually, UBS liquidated all of his assets and transferred them to Landsbanki in Reykjavik.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

First, how does the family fund long-term care without liquidating the retirement assets that are anchoring the financial plan?

From MarketWatch Jun. 17, 2026

“We’re seeing the direct translation of AI-generated wealth into housing demand—AI workers are liquidating equity at an unprecedented scale and deploying that capital into the housing market.”

From MarketWatch Jun. 8, 2026

Ostrover started selling much of his stake in 2025 and is currently liquidating the remaining piece, one of the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal May 19, 2026

While the automakers aren’t currently liquidating, they are operating on a margin-over-volume strategy that has pushed the average transaction price of a new car to a record $50,000.

From The Wall Street Journal May 12, 2026

Although he was convinced at that time of the urgency of liquidating the Conservative regime, the plot horrified him.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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