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liquidate

[lik-wi-deyt] / ˈlɪk wɪˌdeɪt /




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That’s fair because those investors can liquidate those holdings if they choose to, or have to.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

If the airline moves to liquidate, other airlines will likely look to backfill capacity, as they have in the past.

From Barron's May 1, 2026

How you react to it: When it comes time to replenish cash, if the downturn isn’t over, Rivera’s plan is to liquidate some of the investments that are set up in the “intermediate” bucket.

From MarketWatch Apr. 30, 2026

Funds run by Bear Stearns, BNP Paribas and other banks either had to freeze the ability of investors to take out their money, or liquidate the funds completely.

From BBC Apr. 28, 2026

Her only relative was a niece in Boston, who arranged for a local lawyer to liquidate Mrs. Garner’s property.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

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

SUN A yellow arrival from Way Down East, who goes west daily, operates a heating and lighting trust, draws water, prints pictures, develops crops, liquidates the ice business and tans skins on the side.

From The Foolish Dictionary An exhausting work of reference to un-certain English words, their origin, meaning, legitimate and illegitimate use, confused by a few pictures [not included] by Wurdz, Gideon

According to brokerage statements viewed by MarketWatch, smellyfingernail liquidated his Roth IRA holdings last Tuesday and plowed the money into 1,478 shares of SpaceX at $211 apiece.

From MarketWatch Jun. 23, 2026

Liquidations have slowed down, according to data from CoinGlass, with $58.9 million in positions liquidated in the past 24 hours, compared to the hundreds of millions seen liquidated daily last week.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

Aspiration subsequently filed for bankruptcy and liquidated all of its assets by July.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 2, 2026

Whether the CDs should be liquidated — and who has authority to do so — depends on how the accounts are titled.

From MarketWatch May 27, 2026

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

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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

The transition will start on Friday and involve liquidating 30% of The Container Store’s categories and products.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 24, 2026

But the opportunity cost of tying up $160,000 with the IRS, along with potential capital-gains taxes from liquidating investments, likely approaches the cost of simply taking the RMD.

From MarketWatch Mar. 23, 2026

A disclosure table said it had a $64.9 million fair value and cost $53.8 million, and that the “fund term” was: “Until the final liquidating distributions of the fund, June 30 2025.”

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 16, 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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