last resort

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Options administrators will look at include selling the company, selling some assets, or in the last resort, winding it up.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

“Congress and veterans deserve immediate answers before VA and DOJ take any further action. Legal guardianship should be the last resort for veterans,” Blumenthal said in a statement to Salon.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

The government can elect to expressly be a buyer of last resort by only supporting suppliers when demand is weak, thus promoting more consistent production.

From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026

It might be holding back some of its most powerful and longest-range missiles for use as a last resort if the regime appears in imminent danger of falling.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

That way, the other saboteurs had one more way to contact one another, as a last resort.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple