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out of business

ADJECTIVE
no longer operating as a business
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That’s why casinos don’t worry about going out of business after a few bad nights.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Earlier this week, it was served with a strike-off notice,, external giving two months to hand over the overdue paperwork or be put out of business.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Becky Davis, who told the council that she and her husband owned a gun store in Goleta long before the city incorporated in 2002, said: “You zoned me out of business, literally.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

The tough environment of the past four years or so forced some carriers out of business, particularly smaller companies.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

Of the 113 establishments that had licenses to sell soft drinks in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, the two that stuck to the law and did not become speakeasies went out of business.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler




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