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Recent Examples of severance
She is set to receive eight months of severance, along with settlement and release payments, for a total of $311,089.
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Stephanie Lam, Mercury News, 9 June 2025
Terms of any severance will be determined by the collective bargaining agreement, the company told the labor department in the letter, dated June 20.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2025
Over time, even the constant retrieval of sharp braid can create ruts or pitting that can ultimately lead to severance when the line is under pressure.
—Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 19 June 2025
The board may consider two other options as well: terminating the auditor without cause, which would guarantee him to 60 days notice and 20 weeks of severance, or separation through mutual agreement, where the board and Rhodes would work together to negotiate his exit.
—Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2025
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Stephanie Lam, Mercury News, 9 June 2025
Terms of any severance will be determined by the collective bargaining agreement, the company told the labor department in the letter, dated June 20.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2025
Over time, even the constant retrieval of sharp braid can create ruts or pitting that can ultimately lead to severance when the line is under pressure.
—Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 19 June 2025
The board may consider two other options as well: terminating the auditor without cause, which would guarantee him to 60 days notice and 20 weeks of severance, or separation through mutual agreement, where the board and Rhodes would work together to negotiate his exit.
—Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for severance
Noun
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The first time was on the Halloween that immediately followed my divorce.—
Hannah Pittard,
People.com,
8 July 2025
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Gleason had been long-separated from his first wife, Genevieve, a Roman Catholic who wouldn’t give him a divorce.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 July 2025
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Musk starts his own party Billionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump’s breakup has gotten messier.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
8 July 2025
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Madsen and DeAnna Madsen were locked in a contentious breakup and costly divorce battle, the Daily Mail reported.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
7 July 2025
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According to a source, the steady stream of comments and questions from HFPA members has spurred requests for documents and verifications that have delayed for months the Attorney General’s office from giving the final signoff to the dissolution of the HFPA.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
3 July 2025
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But here in Trump-loving Northern Kentucky, some local Republicans are irate, viewing the committee dissolution as payback for rebelling against the party establishment.—
Jolene Almendarez,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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Earlier this week, Johnson was photographed hanging out with Kate Hudson on a boat in Ibiza amid rumors of her split from Coldplay frontman Chris Martin.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
4 July 2025
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One week after multiple outlets reported that Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom had ended their relationship after nine years together, reps for the pair confirmed the split in a statement.—
Anna Chan,
Billboard,
4 July 2025
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The animated voyage, with its themes of alienation and aliens, arrives at a time when immigrants in this country, and Latinos at large, have become the target of brutal ICE raids that ignore due process and racially profile citizens and undocumented people alike.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 July 2025
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These were stories about fear as metaphor: adolescence, alienation, the fragile armor of identity.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
19 June 2025
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The first cutout moment allowed the actress to show off a hint of cleavage at the chest, while the second cutout — located just below her chest — had the star's toned midriff front and center.—
Starr Bowenbank,
People.com,
7 July 2025
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Meanwhile, Joseph writhes in the agony of his own newfound girl craziness (and cleavage obsession).—
Daniel Dockery,
Vulture,
7 July 2025
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On the show, the long-time parenting expert helped families address issues like lack of discipline, controlling behavior, sleep separation, disrespect and communication.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
14 July 2025
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During the early 1990s California environmental regulators detected low-level radioactive wastewater leaking from the separation plant’s pipelines.—
David Blackmon,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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This bifurcation is reshaping the venture market: a squeeze at the bottom, a glut at the top.—
Sindhya Valloppillil,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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This bifurcation makes Ballerina a wildly uneven viewing experience, but that second hour is so thrilling that the first doesn’t really matter.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
4 June 2025
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“Severance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/severance. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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