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insolvency

[in-sol-vuhn-see] / ɪnˈsɒl vən si /


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Supporters say workers’ compensation changes, including restricted eligibility for some benefits, have rescued the systems from their insolvency crisis of the 1990s.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

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

However, following financial collapse in 2019, British Steel was taken over by the government's insolvency service.

From BBC Jul. 17, 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

“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




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