exit strategy

noun

: a plan for ending involvement
The company needs to have an exit strategy.

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Fetterman said Ocasio-Cortez and other liberal lawmakers who are calling for the Senate to block the bill, which would fund government through Sept. 30, don’t have a viable exit strategy for ending a government shutdown. Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 14 Mar. 2025 Corporate consolidations also offer an attractive exit strategy for some of those companies, especially as filing an IPO in the Chinese stock markets becomes increasingly uncertain, Yu said. Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 19 Feb. 2025 At the same time, easing the path for initial public offerings could provide an alternative exit strategy for those who do invest. Tom Wheeler, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025 Alternative Solutions – Employee Ownership Alternatively, business owners who don’t want to sell their business to external buyers can consider employee ownership transfer as an alternative exit strategy. Rocio Wu, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for exit strategy

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“Exit strategy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exit%20strategy. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.

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