How to Use solvency in a Sentence

solvency

noun
  • They reviewed financial records to measure the borrower's solvency.
  • The path to solvency was clearly staked out.
    — Sven Van Mourik, The Dial, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Why shouldn’t all the other banks hold their own gold, and take care of their own solvency?
    — John Lanchester, The New Yorker, 29 July 2019
  • The project with the Actor is his last best bid for solvency.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2021
  • The water system has struggled with solvency for over a decade.
    — al, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Members of the group want a forensic audit to ensure solvency of the funds.
    — cleveland, 19 July 2021
  • People who feel the system squeezing them and feel their grip on solvency slipping away.
    — Eric Ravenscraft, Wired, 26 Dec. 2021
  • Both were meant to bring the financially derelict cities into solvency, at any cost.
    — Derek Robertson, The New Republic, 12 Jan. 2022
  • Democrats may not want to be pulled into a debate over Medicare’s solvency.
    — Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, USA TODAY, 19 June 2021
  • Yet, that would still not cover even this year’s shortfall, and would only extend solvency by a few years.
    — Karl W. Smith, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Jahn himself cooked up a plan to bring the building into solvency by tacking on a new skyscraper next to it.
    — Diana Budds, Curbed, 28 July 2022
  • And the math says the only path to solvency runs through the 59% arbitrage.
    — Katica Roy, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
  • But the new law alone won't bring solvency to the agency, which has suffered 14 straight years of net losses.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 14 May 2022
  • As for the solvency of its trust funds, lawmakers are divided on how to fix the looming issue.
    — Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
  • This isn’t just a question of the financial solvency of media outlets.
    — Alex Fitzpatrick, Time, 15 Jan. 2021
  • The agreement gives Greece a clear path till 2032, but doesn’t end doubts about its long-term solvency.
    — Nektaria Stamouli, WSJ, 12 July 2018
  • This creates a public sector solvency crisis as well.
    — Katica Roy, Fortune, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The peace of mind of solvency allows for a focus on music and experiences.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The bigger problem lawmakers now face is when and how to restore the program’s solvency.
    — Lorie Konish, CNBC, 13 Jan. 2025
  • People trusted the solvency of the government, and that trust allowed banks to make money.
    — Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein, The New Republic, 27 Apr. 2020
  • Its stock has fallen 60 percent so far this year, pulled down in part by unfounded rumors about its solvency.
    — Michael J. De La Merced, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The attention is especially likely in years like this one where the time frame of the trust fund’s solvency is shortened.
    — Cyrus Purnell, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2021
  • Congress has punted on the issue of shoring up the solvency for both entitlement programs for years.
    — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 5 June 2018
  • The program’s long-term solvency, however, is in doubt and the cost to workers who buy into the program is in question.
    — Michelle Andrews, oregonlive, 19 Apr. 2022
  • That trust fund gained two years of solvency, until 2028, in last month’s report by the program’s board of trustees.
    — Alan Fram, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2022
  • That trust fund gained two years of solvency, until 2028, in last month's report by the program's board of trustees.
    — Alan Fram, USA TODAY, 8 July 2022
  • Klose may have left his greatest mark by ensuring the network's financial solvency.
    — David Folkenflik, NPR, 15 Apr. 2026
  • However, behind the scenes, the agency has acknowledged the solvency of the fund as a concern.
    — Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive, 15 Mar. 2023
  • In turn, Hale said that this solvency would mean the NRA should be able to pay its creditors in full.
    — Elizabeth Schmidt, The Conversation, 17 May 2021
  • The damage caused by jacking up the payroll tax to the level required to restore solvency isn’t worth the benefit.
    — Veronique De Rugy, Orange County Register, 17 Oct. 2024

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