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liquidate

[lik-wi-dayt] / ˈlɪk wɪˌdeɪt /




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The government initially took control of SSUK, previously part of Liberty Steel, last year after it was forced to liquidate by the High Court.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Crocs offered to either buy the aged HeyDude inventory back to liquidate those products or to provide retailers with financial support to discount products.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

CEO Jason Hollar leads a wave of insider selling that saw top executives liquidate nearly $60 million worth of company stock.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

Just days after Sony announced it would be killing off its physical videogame discs by 2028 in favor of digital-only alternatives, one player raced to liquidate his collection.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

“It's from that summer house he had. The one his father gave him that we never went to. He has to liquidate it and I’m getting the money!”

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez

If Spirit liquidates, other airlines, including Frontier, JetBlue, and United, are expected to backfill its markets and acquire assets.

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026

If the loan-to-value ratio exceeds 80%, Ledn automatically liquidates the bitcoin to pay off the loans, giving any leftover proceeds back to the borrower.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026

If the company liquidates, all shareholders — including those who bought in at very high prices — would be paid about $10 a share.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 6, 2022

Rah8 liquidates to a winning endgame in which the outside passed a-pawn will spell Black’s doom.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 1, 2022

"C" deposits "B's" check with The Bank and hereby liquidates his $10,000 indebtedness to The Bank.

From Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated by Thomas William Lawson

The 42-year-old was charged with fraud after authorities liquidated his private bank Banco Master, which left debts worth over $7 billion in its trail.

From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026

According to Bitfinex analysts, around $3 billion of short positions were liquidated over two days.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Last fall, a federal bankruptcy judge ordered the network liquidated, finding evidence that McGraw deleted text messages to conceal plans favoring certain creditors over others.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Berkshire liquidated most of the roughly 15 positions during the first quarter that were managed by Todd Combs—an investment manager who decamped for JPMorgan Chase—Buffett told The Wall Street Journal in May.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Eventually, UBS liquidated all of his assets and transferred them to Landsbanki in Reykjavik.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

He previously told MarketWatch that some insiders feel that by liquidating their stakes they would be “giving up on the mission and vision” of SpaceX.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

While SpaceX-ers can stand to “change their lives” by liquidating their stakes, they may also feel like they’re “giving up on the mission and the vision” of the company, he noted.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

This July, they announced that they will be liquidating the company’s $140 million portfolio.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Blue Owl capped redemptions at 5% in both funds, a built-in feature to avoid liquidating corporate loans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Although he was convinced at that time of the urgency of liquidating the Conservative regime, the plot horrified him.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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