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liquidation

[lik-wi-dey-shuhn] / ˌlɪk wɪˈdeɪ ʃən /




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Appeared in the May 19, 2026, print edition as 'Jones’s Bid to Shield Infowars From Liquidation Blocked'.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Liquidation is a process where a company's assets are seized and sold off.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2024

Liquidation is a possibility but could be the worst case scenario for Evergrande as the company will no longer exist and its debt will be marked down to zero with ramifications for its lenders.

From Reuters • Sep. 27, 2023

“Thomas Cook UK Plc and associated UK entities have entered Compulsory Liquidation and are now under the control of the Official Receiver,” says Thomas Cook’s website.

From The Guardian • Sep. 22, 2019

Memoir on the Liquidation of the National Debt, by Alaman, 1845.

From Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California by Mayer, Brantz




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