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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

Spirit Airlines is in danger of liquidating, its planned emergence from bankruptcy in flux due to the spike in jet-fuel prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

“It’s more about a lot of uncertainty in risk markets and a demand for liquidity,” and market participants at some point “having to sell good assets after liquidating bad assets just to have cash.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 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