wind down
Example Sentences
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In a subsequent bankruptcy-court filing, Marriott said: “Sonder collected tens of millions of dollars in advance payments for reservations it now admits it will never honor, spent weeks on a failed restructuring without any contingency plan, and failed to reserve sufficient liquidity to support an orderly wind-down.”
“If the PHE were suddenly terminated, it would sow confusion and chaos into this critical wind-down,” the White House said in a memo.
From Washington Times
And don’t overlook the importance of a wind-down routine to help you shift from action to a night of rest and recovery — including that bizarrely busy time your brain spends in REM.
From Seattle Times
British subprime lender Provident Financial returned to interim profit on Wednesday, as costs related to the wind-down of its doorstep lending unit fell and demand remained robust in its credit card business.
From Reuters
A separate license authorizes, through October 19, wind-down transactions involving securities issued by Russia-based entities under agreements that were entered into before June 6.
From Reuters
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