severance
noun
sev·er·ance
ˈse-və-rən(t)s 
ˈsev-rən(t)s
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The 36-year-old agreed a severance deal with the Championship club to end a successful two-and-a-half-year spell in north Wales.
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Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2026
The cost cuts include a $612 million severance charge tied to job reductions, which has shrunk the employee base by about 24% from 275,000 to about 210,000 since Scharf joined the bank in 2019.
—Charlotte Observer, 14 Jan. 2026
The effects of such severance should not be underestimated.
—Ian Savage, The Conversation, 14 Jan. 2026
The interim appointment comes a month after the Convention Center Authority parted ways with its former CEO Marcel Vernon, by way of a $500,00 severance agreement, as a state committee probes corruption allegations at the agency.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 11 Jan. 2026
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Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2026
The cost cuts include a $612 million severance charge tied to job reductions, which has shrunk the employee base by about 24% from 275,000 to about 210,000 since Scharf joined the bank in 2019.
—Charlotte Observer, 14 Jan. 2026
The effects of such severance should not be underestimated.
—Ian Savage, The Conversation, 14 Jan. 2026
The interim appointment comes a month after the Convention Center Authority parted ways with its former CEO Marcel Vernon, by way of a $500,00 severance agreement, as a state committee probes corruption allegations at the agency.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 11 Jan. 2026
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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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