severance
noun
sev·er·ance
ˈse-və-rən(t)s 
ˈsev-rən(t)s
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Closure from 2024’s withheld severance situation.
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Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
All of the executives were fired within hours after Musk took control of Twitter in October 2022, one day before the group would have seen $200 million in severance payments and vested stock options.
—Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
This brings to a likely end the March 2024 launched $128 million severance and benefits claim from former CEO, Parag Agrawal, ex-CFO Ned Segal, former CLO Vijaya Gadde, and ex-General Counsel Sean Edgett.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
Some China-skeptical lawmakers want a complete ban or severance from ByteDance, and MGX’s involvement could further fuel concerns over foreign influence.
—semafor.com, 29 Sep. 2025
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Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
All of the executives were fired within hours after Musk took control of Twitter in October 2022, one day before the group would have seen $200 million in severance payments and vested stock options.
—Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
This brings to a likely end the March 2024 launched $128 million severance and benefits claim from former CEO, Parag Agrawal, ex-CFO Ned Segal, former CLO Vijaya Gadde, and ex-General Counsel Sean Edgett.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
Some China-skeptical lawmakers want a complete ban or severance from ByteDance, and MGX’s involvement could further fuel concerns over foreign influence.
—semafor.com, 29 Sep. 2025
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severance
noun
sev·er·ance
ˈsev-(ə-)rən(t)s
: the act or process of severing : the state of being severed
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