liabilities
Britishplural noun
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“She’s gonna have to broaden her focus to issues related to public safety, homelessness. Obviously, we both agree that city liabilities need aggressive proactive risk management,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
Mark Toney, executive director of the Utilities Reform Network, called the idea of permanently capping shareholders’ liabilities for fires “completely unacceptable.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
But large firms with major liabilities have had to resort to bankruptcy protection to deal with debts, leases or other lingering obligations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Anthropic’s red ink arose mainly from marking up the value of liabilities on its balance sheet, a process that produces losses on the income statement much like marking down an asset’s value does.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
One man’s liability had always been another man’s asset, but now more and more of the liabilities could be turned into bits of paper that you could sell to anyone.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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