out of business

Example Sentences

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There were also severe droughts in the Caribbean — so much so that 65% of Antigua’s farmers went out of business, with a 1-billion-gallon reservoir going dry.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

But in the announcement that the company was going out of business, they didn’t name that as a factor but did name a “recent material increase in oil prices.”

From Slate • May 5, 2026

But the high cost of developing the technology, the technical challenges of navigating crowded streets autonomously and the complex regulatory environment meant many went out of business.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Office owners were burned during the dot-com collapse in the early 2000s, when hundreds of startups went out of business and stopped paying rent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

I smiled but thought, if Holly gave things away so easily, she’d run herself out of business before SmartMart did.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry