wind down

Example Sentences

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In a subsequent bankruptcy-court filing, Marriott said: “Sonder collected tens of millions of dollars in advance payments for reservations it now admits it will never honor, spent weeks on a failed restructuring without any contingency plan, and failed to reserve sufficient liquidity to support an orderly wind-down.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“If the PHE were suddenly terminated, it would sow confusion and chaos into this critical wind-down,” the White House said in a memo.

From Washington Times

And don’t overlook the importance of a wind-down routine to help you shift from action to a night of rest and recovery — including that bizarrely busy time your brain spends in REM.

From Seattle Times

“It was sort of this recognition that we were going to have to explain to people how we were moving to a different phase, and why that meant the wind-down to the number of programs,” said one administration official, describing the discussions in early July.

From Washington Post

With a growing number of officials now openly discussing the possibility of tapering beginning soon on the back of July’s strong employment report, it looks more likely than not that the wind-down will begin later this year, rather than early next year as we had previously thought.

From The Guardian