in the red

phrase

: spending and owing more money than is being earned
Apparently the company had been in the red for some time before it went out of business.

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Sectors were mainly in the red, with chemicals leading losses, down 1%. — Sean Conlon,lee Ying Shan,ananya Chetia,chloe Taylor, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026 The stock was in the red much of the day, but finished with a 5% gain. — Alex Veiga, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026 At first, everything seems as tranquil as the surface of Mars, seen in the opening moments from space and then slowly zoomed in on as the camera seems to enter a black wormhole in the red soil. — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026 And the losses were broad, with nearly every sector within the benchmark S&P 500 finishing in the red. — ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for in the red

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“In the red.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20red. Accessed 6 Sep. 2026.

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