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Chapter 11

noun

Definition of Chapter 11

as in bankruptcy

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Recent Examples of Chapter 11 The following month, PTL filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. — Ronnie Glassberg, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026 By the time Saks Global filed for Chapter 11, many of its stores instead had thinly stocked sales floors and disgruntled employees. — Rachel Felder, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2026 Camp Mystic recently submitted a Chapter 11 reorganization plan that proposes auctioning off its 749 acres of land and all of its other assets to an independent buyer. — San Antonio Express-News, 30 Sep. 2026 The Chapter 11 filing and the debt restructuring will have to be approved by a bankruptcy judge in New Jersey. — Joshua Ceballos, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for Chapter 11

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Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy follow different processes, which can affect how people rebuild their finances.

— Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Boston Finance Group drew money from CSNT almost every quarter for a decade, starting in 2010, according to an analysis by a forensic accountant hired by the bankruptcy trustee who pored through both CSNT and Boston Finance Group's bank records.

— Cristian Benavides, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

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Los Angeles Unified is at high risk of insolvency, California’s fiscal watchdog says, citing declining enrollment, rising staff and labor costs, and growing expenses for special education.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
In 2021, Brown pushed through legislation that saved the pensions of millions of union workers from insolvency.

— Andrea Hsu, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026

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The question confronting Israel and its international partners is not simply whether money should flow into Gaza, but also who controls it—and whether the next arrangement will avoid the failures of the last.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
Special-teams breakdowns — including a 70-yard kickoff return and two field-goal failures — played a big role in the Rams’ 37-34 overtime loss to Buffalo.

— Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026

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