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out of business

ADJECTIVE
no longer operating as a business
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He added the company had made "little financial gain" and it would "benefit nobody" to impose a fine which led to the firm going out of business.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

The 2022 ATF regulation survived a Supreme Court challenge last year, and lawsuits by several cities helped drive the leading producer of ghost guns out of business.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

Huang argued AI agents—models that complete tasks for a user following a simple prompt—wouldn’t put software companies out of business.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

The company has grown from a startup with a handful of employees that almost went out of business to one of the world’s most valuable private companies with over 22,000 workers as of March 31.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Margaret was so serious about that soap, when she heard a rumor that the company might go out of business, she bought an entire boxcar full of it.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot




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