insolvency
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Department-store credit accounts and the disappearance of legal restrictions on interest rates paved the way for the late-20th-century explosion of the credit-card business and corresponding debt and insolvency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
It’s unclear whether the U.S. will join these ranks as Social Security faces insolvency by 2032 — at which point benefits would be cut by 22% unless Congress acts to shore up the system.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
The funding had been on the table for a sharp reduction as one of many proposed cuts to avoid insolvency in two to three years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
Originally a huge music department store which sold records and instruments, the building had been slated for demolition after the store filed for insolvency in 1995.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
“Impossible!—when I told you how she, on the contrary, deserted me: the idea of my insolvency cooled, or rather extinguished, her flame in a moment.”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing insolvency
Jane Eyre
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The Princess Bride
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Vocabulary from the Twelfth Republican Debate, March 10, 2016
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