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Investors spooked by the prospect of defaults in their funds have recently rushed to redeem their money—and found themselves turned away because of caps on how much firms will redeem in any given quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Vasquez said she hopes they will redeem themselves by approving the permits for the Silver Platter to reopen.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2025

She will redeem existing investments and suspend new investments in the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund and the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2023

If you can brook the behavior of the billionaires in the suites and the suits in the league office, the players and coaches on the field will redeem and obscure it all.

From Washington Post • Jan. 24, 2022

A beautiful voice will redeem a vulgar song, a beautiful colour and texture an unmeaning composition.

From The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory by Santayana, George