total loss
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Assuming the third-party driver’s insurance company accepts responsibility, the insurer would normally pay the “actual cash value” of your car if it’s declared a total loss.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
Officials from the San Joaquin County Fire Authority called the building a total loss.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
Her miscarriages, she said, were like having "all your dreams for gorgeous happy moments come crashing down" - from planning to a future with a child to total loss.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2026
Fraudsters wiped out his entire portfolio last year -- a total loss of around US$120,000 or US$130,000, Koh estimates -- leaving him with a sense of "profound shame".
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
And if it be thought that Lee Chong suffered a total loss, at least his mind did not work that way.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
