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liquidate

[lik-wi-dayt] / ˈlɪk wɪˌdeɪt /




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The government initially took control of SSUK, previously part of Liberty Steel, last year after it was forced to liquidate by the High Court.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

That selloff was fuelled by fears over the returns on vast sums invested in projects around the world, as well as traders being forced to liquidate bets as prices sank.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

Blue Owl opted to cap redemptions in both funds at 5%, a built-in feature intended to prevent having to liquidate the fund’s hard-to-sell corporate loans to meet withdrawals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Just days after Sony announced it would be killing off its physical videogame discs by 2028 in favor of digital-only alternatives, one player raced to liquidate his collection.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 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

As for the rest of the money, it remains there for the accountant who liquidates our affairs.

From Havoc by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

The 42-year-old was charged with fraud after authorities liquidated his private bank Banco Master, which left debts worth over $7 billion in its trail.

From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026

According to Bitfinex analysts, around $3 billion of short positions were liquidated over two days.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

The state of Delaware wrongly seized and liquidated his stock after the man didn’t log into his trading account for years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

In addition, Venezuelan authorities never liquidated the joint venture, and therefore can’t transfer its oil fields to a new partner, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

“I liquidated my stock and turned in my resignation.”

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson

The most obvious one is the cost of liquidating that wealth by either downsizing to a cheaper home or moving to a rental.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

Watch how RealToken went from attracting thousands of global investors to liquidating its $140 million portfolio.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

This July, they announced that they will be liquidating the company’s $140 million portfolio.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

However, analysts said the company does not appear to be in imminent danger of liquidating its bitcoin holdings.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 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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