bankruptcies

noun

plural of bankruptcy
as in failures
the inability to pay one's debts learned the hard way the costs of declaring bankruptcy

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Recent Examples of bankruptcies While each bureau uses its own scoring model, business credit scores typically consider factors like payment history, credit utilization, industry risk and public records, such as liens, judgments and bankruptcies. — Carson Brunson, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026 American exports fell faster than imports, domestic investment imploded, banks failed, and bankruptcies surged. — Michael Pettis, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2026 But in the following year, farm bankruptcies spiked across much of the country, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation. — Scott Neuman, NPR, 20 Aug. 2026 The 2005 changes caused the number of personal bankruptcies to plunge. — Jay L. Zagorsky, The Conversation, 19 Aug. 2026 The state is reluctant to fill the void left by federal funding after a series of bankruptcies and cancellations left only one truck maker and one bus maker selling hydrogen vehicles in North America. — Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026 Surging food and utility costs are squeezing thousands of izakayas across Japan, with experts fearing a record number of bankruptcies. — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026 The site became available on the heels of two bankruptcies and the ultimate implosion of Rite-Aid, which ceased operations in October 2025 after closing all of its remaining physical stores. — George Avalos, Mercury News, 31 July 2026 Since engineer salaries are most of R&D spend, teams suddenly could not deduct their own payroll and got tax bills bigger than their cash, on work that was not even profitable, which even resulted in bankruptcies. — Anna Meadows, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
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  1. failures
  2. ruins
  3. insolvencies
Noun
  • Summary The Lindsay Clancy case, involving postpartum psychosis, highlights critical gaps in maternal health support and systemic failures.
    — Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Fifty years on, these songs capture the feelings and failures not of Los Angeles but of America, too.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of failures
Noun
  • More than 11 million Jordanians live between the Jordan River, the Red Sea and eastern deserts strewn with ruins.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Surrounding Ain Ebel are the ruins of towns and villages hit by relentless Israeli bombardment, bulldozing and controlled demolitions.
    — Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of ruins
Noun
  • MacGuineas also emphasized the pressing need to address long-term entitlement program insolvencies, specifically Medicare and Social Security trust funds, which face financial depletion without reform within roughly seven years.
    — Dave Smith, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The impact on business is particularly pronounced as rising global debt can undermine consumer spending, trigger higher borrowing fees, suppress available capital and result in corporate bankruptcies and/or insolvencies.
    — Mitch Salchow, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Definition of insolvencies

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“Bankruptcies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bankruptcies. Accessed 6 Sep. 2026.

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