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Recent Examples of severance
Best may continue receiving health insurance for the next six months, although those benefits can be deducted from her severance.
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Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2025
Those cuts, though, won’t be fully felt until later in the year after government severance checks run out.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 1 May 2025
Under Platt’s contract, he is entitled to a year’s salary, $308,000, as severance.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2025
Derby has suggested modifying certain incentives in a potential contract, including supplemental leave and severance, to ensure the new hire does not make as much.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2025
Those cuts, though, won’t be fully felt until later in the year after government severance checks run out.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 1 May 2025
Under Platt’s contract, he is entitled to a year’s salary, $308,000, as severance.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2025
Derby has suggested modifying certain incentives in a potential contract, including supplemental leave and severance, to ensure the new hire does not make as much.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for severance
Noun
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Court records offer a window into the family discord that marked the suspect’s youth, including his parents’ messy divorce and allegations of verbal and emotional abuse.—
Hailey Branson-Potts,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2025
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The former New England Patriots coach began dating the television presenter in 2007, one year after his divorce from ex-wife Debby Clarke.—
Rebecca Aizin,
People.com,
21 May 2025
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Blue wore her hair in locs for two years but parted with the style after experiencing an oh-so-familiar feeling: the urge to drastically change her appearance after a breakup and mark a fresh chapter with a new hairstyle.—
Martine Thompson,
Essence,
21 May 2025
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Photo-Illustration: WIRED Staff/Getty Images Green was going through a breakup.—
Megan Farokhmanesh,
Wired News,
19 May 2025
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More broadly, the dissolution of the foreign aid program is a significant example of a broader trend the administration is pursuing: sacrificing soft power for hard power.—
Time,
Time,
12 May 2025
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The dissolution of the PKK raises a host of questions for the Islamist government of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the pro-American Kurdish forces (YPG) in northern Syrian who helped defeat the Islamist State terrorist movement.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
12 May 2025
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The latter split at the end of the 1968 season due to financial disagreements and eventually founded the current PGA Tour.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 May 2025
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Following the split, she was also rumored to be dating Prince Constantine-Alexios of Greece and Denmark.—
Rachel McRady,
People.com,
16 May 2025
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Conversely, the right has capitalized on this discontent, with figures like Jordan Peterson and Joe Rogan gaining massive followings by addressing male alienation head-on.—
Nafees Alam,
Boston Herald,
19 May 2025
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Grace’s total alienation from motherhood, on the other hand, is flamboyantly outward.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
17 May 2025
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Just one day prior, the Kardashians star shared some additional stylish bikini photos to her page, including several images of her sporting a metallic gold two-piece bikini — the top of the bikini gathered to form a one-shoulder strap detail that also put her cleavage on display.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
15 May 2025
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In early April, for instance, she was spotted in an immaculate white suit with a double-breasted blazer, gold jewelry, a hint of cleavage, and sharply tailored dress pants.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
16 Apr. 2025
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Florida played from behind all of Game 1, failed to get any separation in Game 2 and had to rally from multiple two-goal deficits in Game 3.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
15 May 2025
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One of the biggest distinctions between a dedicated business owner and someone simply with some side freelance income is the separation of business and personal funds.—
Vlad Rusz,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Some automakers do that, but I was told the bifurcation of the pack is important to GM because the pack is a structural element of the vehicle.—
Chad Kirchner,
ArsTechnica,
13 May 2025
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According to Variety, this bifurcation will likely result in the film’s current release date of October 3 being pushed back.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Severance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/severance. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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