liquidation

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Recent Examples of liquidation Then, if there’s some residual value in the loans that defaulted – say the company went to liquidation and each of the loans saw a 50% recovery rate, that gets another 5% of the portfolio back. Steven Dudash, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026 The property was forced into liquidation in 1932 and purchased by the duPont family from Jacksonville for $336,000. Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026 During the liquidation process, other airlines will buy Spirit’s planes, hire some of its former employees, and, eventually, take over its slots, including those at the Marine Air Terminal. John Cassidy, New Yorker, 11 May 2026 Nevertheless, the liquidation of the airline that accounted for 5% of flights last year is certain to increase flight prices in the long term. Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 7 May 2026 County Commissioner Michael Udine has placed an item on next week’s budget workshop agenda to consider a liquidation sale purchase of Spirit headquarters, an 11-acre site off Interstate 95 in Dania Beach. Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2026 Bitcoin has gone from panic liquidation to constructive recovery, and the chart is beginning to reflect that shift. Tony Zhang, CNBC, 6 May 2026 Spirit Airlines is already going through the formal liquidation process and its assets will be allocated by the bankruptcy court to help settle its outstanding debts. Greta Cross, USA Today, 4 May 2026 Spirit will now go through the liquidation process over the next several days. Marissa Sulek, CBS News, 3 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for liquidation
Noun
  • This has included the removal and remote storage of artifacts from 240 classified heritage sites, and the complete destruction of 124 of those sites.
    Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 15 May 2026
  • When a consumer requests removal, companies can delete raw data.
    Chai Outmezguine, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • Here is the schedule for the Big 12 Tournament, which is played in a single-elimination format.
    Jim Barnes May 18, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 May 2026
  • Joining the Steelers last season offered inconsistency and a first-round elimination from the playoffs.
    Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026
Noun
  • In Village People’s gay-empowerment lexicon this means joining a gay community, for true abolition from the slavery of societal/self-loathing cannot be achieved on one’s own.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2026
  • Today, more than 150 years after the abolition of slavery in the United States, the history and memorialization of both America’s founding and the freedom movement illustrate Philadelphia’s major role in the success of the Underground Railroad.
    Jeremy Mennis, The Conversation, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • This weird erasure of Kobe Bryant's time as the best basketball player on the planet is kind of odd.
    Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
  • What had once felt like discipline started to feel more like self-erasure.
    Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 13 May 2026
Noun
  • Its video shows Omar — at about four minutes into her speech — calling for the abolishment of ICE and for then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign or face impeachment.
    Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 7 May 2026
  • Over the past year, ICE has faced intense scrutiny from Democratic lawmakers, some of whom have called for its abolishment.
    Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • This plan also offers features of a standard travel insurance policy like trip cancellation, trip delay and baggage coverage.
    Liz Knueven, CNBC, 15 May 2026
  • Following the news of the cancellation, Colbert revealed his next big project in March.
    Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • After that ended in an annulment, Paschel went on to wed three more times (in 1998, 2007 and 2015) and fathered at least four children, including his late son Kazhem, who died in March 2018 at 13 months old.
    Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
  • The annulment was controversial; even some of Georgescu’s leftist detractors argued that the decision was anti-democratic.
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • A couple of other candidates lurk in the wings, but SOFR is achieving the most traction, according to Rob Finlay, founder of Thirty Capital, LLC, a defeasance and derivative consulting firm.
    Joshua Stein, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021

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“Liquidation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liquidation. Accessed 20 May. 2026.

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