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liquidate

[lik-wi-deyt] / ˈlɪk wɪˌdeɪt /




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For example, if taxes effectively cost you $20,000, you’d need to liquidate $120,000, which at 7% could have grown to roughly $464,000 over the next two decades.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

That’s fair because those investors can liquidate those holdings if they choose to, or have to.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

Other plans require former workers who take money out to simultaneously liquidate or roll over their entire account balance, which can make it hard to get maximum benefit from the rule of 55.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

“His banker suggested that it might be easier after my father’s passing if we liquidate all of the CDs.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 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

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 hedge fund liquidated most of its public equities portfolio to repay lenders.

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

It was positioning in South Korea’s equity market that the most dramatic adjustments took place as its benchmark index reversed into bear-market territory with long positions liquidated and new shorts initiated.

From MarketWatch Aug. 4, 2026

While your primary home, your car as well as your retirement accounts are exempt from being liquidated in Chapter 7, your other assets are fair game.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

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

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson

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

Japanese officials have indicated they will use the program to raise the dollars they sell for yen without liquidating the Treasury portfolio that would otherwise pay for the intervention.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 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

“We’re seeing the direct translation of AI-generated wealth into housing demand—AI workers are liquidating equity at an unprecedented scale and deploying that capital into the housing market.”

From MarketWatch Jun. 8, 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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