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liquidate

[lik-wi-deyt] / ˈlɪk wɪˌdeɪt /




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This buffer allows retirees to fund living expenses without being forced to liquidate depressed stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

That selloff was fuelled by fears over the returns on vast sums invested in projects around the world, as well as traders being forced to liquidate bets as prices sank.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

Financial market disclosures made by Situational Awareness, the once-soaring hedge fund that had to liquidate its portfolio of stocks, moved a stock on Wednesday.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 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

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 Gideon Wurdz

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

It all fell apart again in 2007, when he liquidated his largest fund after it suffered losses of more than 70%.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 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

Interestingly, the team pointed out in a chart shared on X that Situational Awareness getting liquidated occurred at roughly the same stage in the bull run as the collapse of LTCM.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

“I liquidated my stock and turned in my resignation.”

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson

The most obvious one is the cost of liquidating that wealth by either downsizing to a cheaper home or moving to a rental.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

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

Japanese officials have indicated they will use the program to raise the dollars they sell for yen without liquidating the Treasury portfolio that would otherwise pay for the intervention.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 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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