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out of business

ADJECTIVE
no longer operating as a business
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The 2022 ATF regulation survived a Supreme Court challenge last year, and lawsuits by several cities helped drive the leading producer of ghost guns out of business.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

Huang argued AI agents—models that complete tasks for a user following a simple prompt—wouldn’t put software companies out of business.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

If your bank didn’t go out of business in this time period, then great — but you want to keep that in mind when you redeploy the money.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

Amazon put it out of business long ago.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

It seemed inevitable that the state would attempt to put us out of business as a legal organization as soon as it could.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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