How to Use bankruptcy in a Sentence

bankruptcy

noun
  • The number of bankruptcies was especially high last year.
  • Critics view the decision as an example of moral bankruptcy on the part of the administration.
  • The company was forced into bankruptcy.
  • The company is facing bankruptcy.
  • The ruling clears the way for a bankruptcy deal that includes the payout.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 31 May 2023
  • This budget bill is a blueprint to push us to the brink of bankruptcy.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2025
  • This year, apart from 2020, restaurant chains are on course to have the most bankruptcies in decades.
    — Robert Barone, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
  • The case now goes back to U.S. bankruptcy court to approve the settlement.
    — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 31 May 2023
  • Likewise the Gators are trying to climb out of their own form of bankruptcy.
    — Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Sep. 2022
  • The brand has sought bankruptcy protection twice in the last twenty years.
    — Byphil Wahba, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Moss, however, pushed to have the bankruptcy dismissed as the case dragged on.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 12 July 2024
  • Here’s an account of the fall of Bird, which scooted from billions to bankruptcy.
    — Steven Levy, WIRED, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The bankruptcy filing was made in the Southern District of Texas.
    — Joe Reedy, ajc, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The bankruptcy filing was made in the Southern District of Texas.
    — Joe Reedy, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2023
  • There are cigars to be smoked, a headline-making bankruptcy and more tours.
    — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 13 May 2025
  • That led to worries that Coinbase might be at risk of bankruptcy.
    — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 11 May 2022
  • But amidst all of that moral bankruptcy, at least one of the lot has emerged with their integrity intact.
    — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2025
  • The ruling clears the way for a bankruptcy deal for Purdue Pharma, which is owned by the family.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN, 30 May 2023
  • Robert Bentley cost working people the care that can save lives and keep them out of bankruptcy.
    — al, 27 Apr. 2022
  • As of May 14, the bankruptcy court has yet to decide on a deadline for creditors to file claims.
    — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
  • That deal is expected to close in June, and those assets are not part of the bankruptcy filing.
    — Caitlin Owens, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
  • No More and Buyk, which filed for bankruptcy in April — have also vanished.
    — New York Times, 22 July 2022
  • And Bernie Sanders and I also have a bill to end medical bankruptcy.
    — ABC News, 8 Dec. 2024
  • At the time of the bankruptcy filing, there were about two dozen EMS doors in operation.
    — Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The state’s limit on city bankruptcies is a mere speed bump, given the magnitude of the issues.
    — Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
  • To do so is an admission of bankruptcy that feeds on itself to the bank’s detriment.
    — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
  • The bankruptcy, and the comeback, were attention-getters that brought Diossa around the country and the globe.
    — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Debts piled up, sales were slow, and in 2014 his gallery filed for bankruptcy in the face of multiple lawsuits for breach of contract.
    — Clay Risen, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2022
  • In the meantime, Grubbs assets have been sold off as part of the bankruptcy case to raise money to repay creditors.
    — Alexandria Burris, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
  • Dayton, a small community near Chattanooga, had lost a factory to bankruptcy and needed the boost.
    — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 13 July 2025

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