How to Use receivership in a Sentence

receivership

noun
  • Years of financial difficulty eventually placed the company into receivership.
  • The mall was in receivership at the time of this week's sale, Tash said.
    — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 4 May 2022
  • The idea of receivership for the schools gives me pause for many reasons, but hubris is high on the list.
    — Adrian Walker, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2022
  • But people like Wong are wary about how long the receivership process could take.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 25 Nov. 2025
  • State receivership is not an option.
    — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Because of the dispute, the threat of receivership — or worse — hung over the venue this fall.
    — Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 25 Dec. 2025
  • Dorsey will soon ask the receivership court to give the town control of the property.
    — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Apr. 2022
  • In the case of the bank going into receivership, this is bad news for the bank’s investors.
    — Lucy Brewster, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The city moved to place the buildings in receivership out of concern for the health and safety of the tenants.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Vasquez said at the meeting that the receivership mutes the voices of students and parents.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Those creditors now have a seat at the table as the receivership unfolds.
    — Harold Brubaker, Philly.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • The district later was put into receivership and a new board was elected.
    — Dale Kasler, Phillip Reese and Ryan Sabalow, sacbee, 1 June 2018
  • The receivership has been starved for funds in part because the buildings get little rental income.
    — Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Officials say this would be the first time a state agency entered receivership.
    — Steph Solis, Axios, 9 July 2024
  • Board members — who would need to vote to approve a state receivership — appeared in no hurry to call the question.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2022
  • Big Green went into receivership and then was broken into constituent parts and sold off.
    — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Crime was high, the city was just a few years out of bankruptcy, and the school system had recently emerged from state receivership.
    — Shane Bauer, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2020
  • The receivership authorizes Collins to make $350 an hour for his work.
    — Eric Heisig, cleveland, 18 Mar. 2021
  • The property was in receivership at the time of the June 26 auction.
    — Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Four years ago, the district was going into state receivership, That was averted.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Yet Selvidge believes going back into state receivership is not an option.
    — Da Lin, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
  • If approved by the full council, the measure would direct the city manager to start the receivership process.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2026
  • The indictment said Stochel would cause delays any time he was asked for an accounting of the receivership fund.
    — Jim Masters, Post-Tribune, 4 May 2017
  • The mall fell into receivership in 2021 after failing to pay its debts.
    — Charlotte Observer, 26 June 2026
  • Murdaugh has nothing to gain by setting the record straight, the lawyers contend, because all his assets are in a receivership.
    — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 17 May 2023
  • The city wants the fines paid in full and the property placed into receivership so it can be inspected and repaired as needed.
    — Jeff McDonald, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Brooksby had also not fully turned over his tax returns as also required by the receivership order.
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The Master fell into receivership, and soon the Horches and the Roerichs were on the outs.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 12 Nov. 2021
  • The agreement will be filed in the Ohio federal court overseeing the receivership.
    — Clare Spaulding, chicagotribune.com, 28 Feb. 2022
  • In the meantime, the lack of compliance could result in the county jail being placed into receivership.
    — Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 18 June 2024

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