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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

So on a day when redemptions outweigh purchases, the fund could be forced to liquidate some of its investments to raise cash to pay the sellers.

From MarketWatch Jun. 9, 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

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

"C" deposits "B's" check with The Bank and hereby liquidates his $10,000 indebtedness to The Bank.

From Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated by Thomas William Lawson

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

Last fall, a federal bankruptcy judge ordered the network liquidated, finding evidence that McGraw deleted text messages to conceal plans favoring certain creditors over others.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

Interestingly, the team pointed out in a chart shared on X that Situational Awareness getting liquidated occurred at roughly the same stage in the bull run as the collapse of LTCM.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

They believe that if the company were completely liquidated and broken up it could yield a value of 7 to 8 pounds per share, above its current market price.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 3, 2026

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

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

He previously told MarketWatch that some insiders feel that by liquidating their stakes they would be “giving up on the mission and vision” of SpaceX.

From MarketWatch Aug. 7, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

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

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

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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