1
as in to eradicate
to destroy all traces of
a decisive act that liquidated all doubts and fears about his governing abilities
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2
as in to assassinate
to put to death deliberately
his first act as absolute ruler was to liquidate his opponents
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First to default, in late 2021, was the massive China Evergrande Group, which had liabilities of more than $300 billion and has since been ordered to liquidate.
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Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2024
Retirement accounts like IRAs are liquidated, and tax is paid on those as well.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024
In what’s hardly a surprise, Esprit is liquidating in the U.S. after undergoing downsizings earlier this year.
—David Moin, WWD, 28 Oct. 2024
However, as tariffs increase consumer prices, people might liquidate some of their bitcoin holdings to cover rising costs of living.
—Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2024
Retirement accounts like IRAs are liquidated, and tax is paid on those as well.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024
In what’s hardly a surprise, Esprit is liquidating in the U.S. after undergoing downsizings earlier this year.
—David Moin, WWD, 28 Oct. 2024
However, as tariffs increase consumer prices, people might liquidate some of their bitcoin holdings to cover rising costs of living.
—Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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Five came from teams that posted losing records, leading to bad tendencies that need to be eradicated as quickly as possible.Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
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She's violated her oath, eradicated our sovereign border, and unleashed an army of gangs and criminal migrants from prisons and jails.NBC News, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2024
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The year after Lincoln was assassinated by slavery supporter John Wilkes Booth, strip-mining of coal got started in Lincoln’s home state of Illinois.Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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In Munich, demobilized soldiers, right-wing paramilitaries, and Communist militants fought in the streets, while leaders of the new Weimar Republic were routinely assassinated.George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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That’s how much IKEA will pay East German prisoners who were forced to build furniture for the company during the Cold War era.Daniel Wine, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
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People also can, in some cases, still pay TikTok to run ads about politically sensitive topics.Emily Baker-White, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Harris erased Trump’s lead over Biden since announcing her candidacy on July 21, though her edge has decreased over the past two months, peaking at 3.7 points in late August, according to FiveThirtyEight’s weighted polling average.Sara Dorn, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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But the therapy cannot erase the genetic predisposition many patients have for the disease, says Donald Thomas, a rheumatologist in Maryland.Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2024
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The key event of Mann’s conversion came in June, when ultranationalists in Berlin murdered his friend Walther Rathenau, the Weimar Republic’s Jewish foreign minister.George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Lambesis infamously spent nearly three years in prison after pleading guilty to soliciting an undercover cop to murder his then-wife and relaunched the band in 2018 after his release from prison.Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
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But the outcome of the election — whenever it's settled — will shape monetary policy dynamics in the years to come.Axios, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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The arcs have shifted slightly since their first detection, leading scientists to believe that the rings are young and still settling in.Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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States like Alaska, Maryland, New Hampshire, and Vermont have already abolished Section 14(c), proving that a fair and equitable labor market for Disabled workers is possible.Keely Cat-Wells, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) abolished term limits for its top executives.Samindra Kunti, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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NuScale executed a revenue generating agreement with Fluor (FLR) for engineering and design services for a nuclear power project.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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China practiced blockading Taiwan just last month by surrounding the island, which could, if executed in earnest, stop imports or exports from the country.Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Liquidate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liquidate. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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