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Recent Examples of severance
Garrett will stay employed with CHA through Feb. 28 and receive his current salary as severance through July 18, according to his separation agreement.
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Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
Under the terms of his severance agreement with Local 100, Davis will receive 100 weeks of pay and health insurance through the end of 2026.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2025
The filing also highlights the company's focus on restructuring activities, which included severance and lease exit charges, totaling $276 million in 2024.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 10 Feb. 2025
But top Education Department officials at the meeting suggested that employees who took the buyout and did not get severance wouldn't be able to fight back, according to a summary of the meeting shared by people in attendance.
—Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2025
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Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
Under the terms of his severance agreement with Local 100, Davis will receive 100 weeks of pay and health insurance through the end of 2026.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2025
The filing also highlights the company's focus on restructuring activities, which included severance and lease exit charges, totaling $276 million in 2024.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 10 Feb. 2025
But top Education Department officials at the meeting suggested that employees who took the buyout and did not get severance wouldn't be able to fight back, according to a summary of the meeting shared by people in attendance.
—Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for severance
Noun
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The producer hired Robert Benton to write and direct the film and took a chance in casting a relatively untested Meryl Streep, and the drama — about a family torn apart by divorce — went on to win best picture and four other Academy Awards.—
Mike Barnes,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Mar. 2025
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Names and faces 3 hours ago by Compiled by Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports Actor Emily Osment has filed for divorce from her husband of less than five months, musician Jack Anthony Farina.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
9 Mar. 2025
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In his career, Landry has 397 tackles, 70 tackles for loss, 102 QB hits, one safety and 12 pass breakups.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
10 Mar. 2025
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In his final season with the Jaguars, Cisco recorded 68 tackles, one interception, and seven pass breakups.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
10 Mar. 2025
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Danielle Haim sings, more disdainful than saddened by the dissolution at the heart of the single.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2025
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While eliminating the department would require congressional approval, its dissolution would significantly impact millions of borrowers and the American education system at large.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
9 Mar. 2025
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Economists say the voting split of Thursday will be closely watched.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
19 Mar. 2025
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The five board members who favored the split live in Keller; the two who opposed it live in Fort Worth. Since January, a group of residents led by Dixie Davis have been circulating a petition to garner support for a single-member voting system for school board elections.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Mar. 2025
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The character combines the entitlement of Brice in No Way Out and the alienation from normal human behavior that becomes a comic spectacle in The Birdcage with a level of darkness that wouldn’t be out of place in a David Lynch production about evil forces possessing mortals.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2025
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This led to embarrassment and alienation from their own customers.—
The Editors,
National Review,
13 Feb. 2025
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Khloé Kardashian enhanced her cleavage for the Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant wedding — with a little padding!—
Sabienna Bowman,
People.com,
13 Mar. 2025
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But, despite the agreement about the Russian threat, the cleavages within the society still are incredibly sharp?—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2025
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The Falcon 9 second stage rocketed onward for another 7.5 minutes following first-stage separation, releasing Endurance and her crew into low Earth orbit on a trajectory to catch up to the ISS within about 28 hours.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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Since their separation, Vanessa and Trump Jr. have maintained a cordial relationship, with both prioritizing co-parenting their five children.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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Baseball is littered with young stars driving excitement in markets such as Cincinnati, Kansas City and Pittsburgh, but the sport continues to struggle with its massive bifurcation on team spending.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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However, the bifurcation of the market — with investors moving out of tech, momentum, and cyclicals and into defensives — may be obscuring the Oscillator’s reading.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Severance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/severance. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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