How to Use recapitalize in a Sentence

recapitalize

verb
  • Cyprus needed a bailout to recapitalize its lenders as well as to finance the government.
    Paul Tugwell, Bloomberg.com, 28 Jan. 2018
  • Lawmakers have been seeking a way to recapitalize the plans.
    BostonGlobe.com, 24 Sep. 2019
  • That enables Vista to recapitalize, adding more debt, and then pay dividends to its investors, these people say.
    Laura Cooper, WSJ, 9 July 2018
  • The authority wanted to accept the offer to recapitalize the agency, to the tune of $7 million, Halcro wrote.
    Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Apr. 2021
  • Cecil Bancorp has reached a deal with investors to recapitalize the long-troubled bank with $30 million and plans to use a bankruptcy auction to secure the cash, the bank announced.
    Sarah Gantz, baltimoresun.com, 3 July 2017
  • The icebreakers are part of a larger nationwide effort to recapitalize the Coast Guard with new vessels and aircraft.
    Elwood Brehmer, Anchorage Daily News, 6 June 2019
  • The surest way to make that happen is to recapitalize the company with new money rather than encumbering it with more obligations.
    Washington Post, 27 June 2019
  • Greece was also forced to sell off assets as a way to recapitalize its banks, resulting in a wave of privatizations.
    Chico Harlan, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2023
  • That plan called for modest yearly increases in the defense topline — not enough even to offset inflation, and nowhere near enough to recapitalize our forces, but the best Gates could get out of the Obama administration all the same.
    Jim Talent, National Review, 13 Feb. 2018
  • But in the decades that followed, the army totally failed to recapitalize—or even significantly upgrade—any of these vehicles.
    David Axe, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2021
  • After the financial crisis, the world’s major economies agreed on a plan to recapitalize sinking banks and stimulate their economies with fiscal and monetary support.
    Jason Douglas, WSJ, 13 Nov. 2022
  • The plan, which will recapitalize the Walking Co.’s debt, came about after talks with subordinated noteholders and plan sponsors, the company said.
    Bloomberg.com, 6 Mar. 2018
  • Macy's, which also owns Bloomingdale's, has hired the investment bank Lazard to explore ways to recapitalize its finances, according to Reuters.
    NBC News, 30 Apr. 2020
  • An ability to recapitalize banks remains crucial and must be explained to a skeptical Congress and public.
    Glenn Hubbard, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2018
  • The floating rate loan, which was provided by LoanCore, will provide funding to recapitalize the existing debt and continue to upgrade and improve the property.
    Katherine Feser, Houston Chronicle, 28 June 2019
  • The new partnership will recapitalize a portfolio of buildings with 5,416 beds, according to a statement Friday.
    Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Now, although the recent rally has enabled the company to issue new stock and recapitalize its balance sheet, reducing some risk for shareholders, there are cheaper ways to play the fuel cell market.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021
  • At least $60 billion of that money is intended to fund current combat activities and will largely not be available to increase force size, improve readiness, or recapitalize the services for the future.
    Jim Talent, National Review, 13 Feb. 2018
  • The amount of capital pledged is enough to address the lenders’ solvency challenges and recapitalize them adequately, Vadlamani, who is vice president of the financial institutions group at the unit of Moody’s Corp., said by phone.
    Anto Antony, Bloomberg.com, 25 Oct. 2017
  • Still, the airline said the French government agreed to convert a shareholder loan of €3 billion issued last year into perpetual hybrid bonds in order to recapitalize the carrier.
    Benjamin Katz, WSJ, 6 Apr. 2021
  • The firm would likely be forced to recapitalize—raising money at a diluted rate, or go further by borrowing through a central bank’s discount lending facility.
    Sergei Klebnikov, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
  • MoviePass™ worked hard to relaunch its groundbreaking subscription service and recapitalize the company.
    oregonlive, 13 Sep. 2019
  • During tough moments, including a successful effort in 1998 to recapitalize the company, Dovenberg could become somber or stressed, Radke said.
    Jenna Ross, Star Tribune, 22 May 2021
  • Now, Gemini and other creditors have reached a deal with Genesis that will recapitalize the troubled lender while presumably allowing Earn customers to recover their funds.
    Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The next day, board members sought to recapitalize BuildDirect under a Canadian law that allows struggling businesses to restructure their finances.
    Joann S. Lublin, WSJ, 30 May 2018
  • But Vaddi said the efforts to recapitalize U.S. nuclear programs against growing nuclear capabilities from adversaries could not come at a more inconvenient time as the treaty’s days are numbered.
    Mel Madarang, ABC News, 14 Feb. 2020
  • Others received government assistance to remain afloat and need to recapitalize quickly.
    Peter Boolkah, Forbes, 14 June 2021
  • The potential payout is a sign of stabilization in the banking system after years of turmoil culminated in Halyk being drafted in to recapitalize its main competitor, Kazkommertsbank.
    Bloomberg.com, 12 Feb. 2018
  • In recent days, Terra’s operators have attempted to recapitalize UST through a $1.5 billion fundraising push, but those efforts weren’t immediately successful.
    Scott Nover, Quartz, 13 May 2022
  • Modi’s administration also has pledged $33 billion to recapitalize state banks.
    Iain Marlow, Bloomberg.com, 26 June 2018

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