Chapter 11

as in bankruptcy

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Recent Examples of Chapter 11 The bigger picture Bar Louie is following a string of restaurant chains filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcies. Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Apr. 2025 Sears timeline: Rise, fall and restructuring of a Chicago icon over 130 years Sears Holdings Corp. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in October 2018 and closed its last Illinois store in 2021. Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025 In early 2020, JCPenney filed for bankruptcy reorganization under Chapter 11, tied to the strains of the COVID-19 pandemic. Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 5 Apr. 2025 The latest: The pardon comes about a month after Nikola filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Erin Alberty, Axios, 1 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for Chapter 11
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Noun
  • In recent months, there's also been bankruptcy filings from TGI Fridays and Red Lobster.
    Mike Snider, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The recent bankruptcy filing of genetic testing company 23andMe, which allows users to spit in a tube and send away the sample for a detailed DNA analysis, has sparked the possibility that the data could revolutionize cold-case cracking.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • For so many of us, Social Security benefits and Medicare help, but the cost of housing, food, healthcare, and just about everything else has increased dramatically in recent years, leaving fewer dollars in the bank and pushing many of us closer to the brink of insolvency.
    Kay Warren, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2025
  • However, critics argue this could accelerate the program's insolvency.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Depending on the med, this can include serious health hazards like liver and muscle damage or even kidney failure.
    Caroline Tien, SELF, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The lack of storm planning included a failure to test backup equipment that could be needed in the event of a power outage.
    Karri Peifer, Axios, 7 Apr. 2025

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“Chapter 11.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Chapter%2011. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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