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liquidate

[lik-wi-dayt] / ˈlɪk wɪˌdeɪt /




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Being forced to liquidate that much of his stake to raise cash could tip control of the firm into Siegel’s favor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

People retire, have grandchildren, liquidate a family home or go from being robust to becoming, as the saying goes, medically interesting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

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

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

Her only relative was a niece in Boston, who arranged for a local lawyer to liquidate Mrs. Garner’s property.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

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

And he liquidates his obligations to a great deal of asthmatic cough, while the jumping frog does his bidding.

From Somehow Good by William Frend De Morgan

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

It all fell apart again in 2007, when he liquidated his largest fund after it suffered losses of more than 70%.

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

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

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

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Chapter 7 bankruptcy is about liquidating qualifying assets to pay off your debt.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

WSJ: It’s been a super eventful year already, with Spirit liquidating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

While SpaceX-ers can stand to “change their lives” by liquidating their stakes, they may also feel like they’re “giving up on the mission and the vision” of the company, he noted.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

Blue Owl capped redemptions at 5% in both funds, a built-in feature to avoid liquidating corporate loans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 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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