How to Use liquidator in a Sentence

liquidator

noun
  • Rosborough called the liquidator and told him not to come just yet.
    — Andrew Kornylak, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 May 2021
  • The liquidator, a woman in her late forties, was charged with a range of felonies.
    — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
  • At the liquidator’s shop, Jagriti had watched her mother’s hands go limp in her lap.
    — Kanak Kapur, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Tens of thousands of trucks and trailers are expected to be sold by liquidators over the next year.
    — Paul Berger, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Just so there’s no confusion— the story of the liquidators is real.
    — Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, 12 June 2019
  • The liquidators have exclusive the use of the website till may 18.
    — Nick Woltman, Twin Cities, 8 May 2017
  • All the offers will be handed over to the liquidator for a final decision.
    — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
  • Yellow has sent tens of thousands of tractors and trailers to liquidators for final sale.
    — Paul Berger, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Rita Braver visits liquidators who process and resell goods that are just as good as new, or even newer.
    — CBS News, 25 July 2019
  • Her mother handed the jewelry over to a liquidator in exchange for cash.
    — Kanak Kapur, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
  • The noteholders have worked with three other liquidators to come up with a bid for Bon-Ton.
    — Paul Gores, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Which is why there are people (or bots, with funds attached) that function as liquidators, which are crucial to this story.
    — Brady Dale, Axios, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Gordon Brothers, a store liquidator, has been hired to carry out the closings.
    — Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The answer can often be found in the back of a moving truck — en route to the auction block, a liquidator or, more likely, a landfill.
    — Stefanos Chen, New York Times, 10 July 2023
  • The liquidators of Evergrande declined to comment on the case.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 14 Apr. 2026
  • At the time, ESL made an indicative offer, as did the liquidator groups.
    — Lillian Rizzo, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2018
  • Those discounts are expected to get steeper as liquidators work to empty the closing stores by April.
    — Cincinnati.com, 8 Feb. 2018
  • If a going-concern buyer wins the auction, the liquidators would collect a $2 million breakup fee.
    — Steven Church, The Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2017
  • That compared to creditors’ claims made to liquidators of $45 billion.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Some stores sell their inventory to a third-party liquidator who oversees the actual closing sale.
    — Laura Daily, Washington Post, 11 June 2019
  • Most Evergrande projects are operated by local units, which could be hard for the offshore liquidator to seize.
    — TIME, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Bargain-hunters also should be aware of tricks that liquidators use to encourage impulse buying, Cohen said.
    — Patricia Sabatini, Philly.com, 11 June 2017
  • It was learned that a cash box, belonging to the liquidators, had been entered and approximately $50 cash stolen.
    — cleveland, 21 Nov. 2019
  • The brewery’s assets, including its taprooms and recipes, are being turned over to liquidators this week for a possible auction.
    — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 31 July 2023
  • While liquidators seek to settle the company’s debt, some investors are finding comfort as new managers take control of a few Abraaj funds.
    — Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2019
  • As the words echoed across the square, people dressed in white protective suits and face masks, symbolizing the liquidators, stood in silence holding candles.
    — ABC News, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The top court in the Bahamas, which has no bankruptcy law of its own, appointed provisional liquidators.
    — Jennifer Jett, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2016
  • Solo castmate Phoebe Waller-Bridge as the better, equally deadly half to his liquidator.
    — Halle Kiefer, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2021
  • Two months later, the central bank revoked Choice Bank's license and appointed a liquidator.
    — NBC News, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Luckily, the liquidators seemed to have plenty of customers on day one of the sale, which will run daily for 60 days or until the property is cleaned out.
    — Jen Kirby, Daily Intelligencer, 6 July 2017

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