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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

Absent the government bailout, Spirit is running out of cash, so now the airline is moving forward with plans to liquidate its aircraft fleet and shut down, the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal May 1, 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

How you react to it: When it comes time to replenish cash, if the downturn isn’t over, Rivera’s plan is to liquidate some of the investments that are set up in the “intermediate” bucket.

From MarketWatch Apr. 30, 2026

“It's from that summer house he had. The one his father gave him that we never went to. He has to liquidate it and I’m getting the money!”

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez

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

By commercial paper is meant the credit instruments or documents which the credit system now in general use throughout the commercial world regularly brings into existence and liquidates.

From Banking by Scott, William A.

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

From MarketWatch Jun. 17, 2026

Liquidations have slowed down, according to data from CoinGlass, with $58.9 million in positions liquidated in the past 24 hours, compared to the hundreds of millions seen liquidated daily last week.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 2, 2026

Whether the CDs should be liquidated — and who has authority to do so — depends on how the accounts are titled.

From MarketWatch May 27, 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

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

The transition will start on Friday and involve liquidating 30% of The Container Store’s categories and products.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 24, 2026

It’s a clever workaround and it would be technically feasible, but you are correct in that the opportunity cost and potential capital-gains taxes from liquidating other assets probably outweigh those tax savings.

From MarketWatch Mar. 23, 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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