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liquidate

[lik-wi-dayt] / ˈlɪk wɪˌdeɪt /




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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

That selloff was fuelled by fears over the returns on vast sums invested in projects around the world, as well as traders being forced to liquidate bets as prices sank.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

Financial market disclosures made by Situational Awareness, the once-soaring hedge fund that had to liquidate its portfolio of stocks, moved a stock on Wednesday.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

That means huge swings and the potential for a 1% move to liquidate a trader’s position.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 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

By commercial paper is meant the credit instruments or documents which the credit system now in general use throughout the commercial world regularly brings into existence and liquidates.

From Banking by William A. Scott

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

The 2023 collapse of Silicon Valley Bank was the result of losses on its holdings of long-dated securities that had to be liquidated when it experienced large withdrawals by depositors.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

“Many of them will be using margin and will get liquidated once the bubble pops, which seems to be what happened in South Korea.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 30, 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

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

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

The most obvious one is the cost of liquidating that wealth by either downsizing to a cheaper home or moving to a rental.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

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

This July, they announced that they will be liquidating the company’s $140 million portfolio.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 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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