How to Use severance in a Sentence

severance

noun

• The city fired Kruger on Dec. 4, agreeing to pay him three months of severance.
  — oregonlive, 17 Dec. 2020
• At 31, he was laid off and used his severance to start over.
  — Robert Simonson, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2022
• The judge has not yet ruled on the men’s requests for dismissals and severance.
  — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2022
• Mark chose severance after a tragic loss, and the brain split works for him.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2022
• Jagger paid off the bills, the employees’ salaries and their severance.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2022
• The severance would be six weeks’ pay, and the retention payments could last 10 weeks, Kirk said.
  — Jon Lender, courant.com, 15 May 2021
• At that rate of pay, the severance package he had been offered was the equivalent of about six months of pay.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2022
• But those that don’t leave could be laid off without any severance.
  — Dallas News, 4 June 2020
• Smithfield appears to have changed its mind on the severance issue, but only in the barest of terms.
  — Rex Crum, The Mercury News, 14 June 2019
• The total amount of his severance package is $105 million in cash and stock.
  — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 16 Dec. 2021
• Focus on getting the severance you were promised and a great reference for a new job.
  — Amy Dickinson, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Feb. 2023
• McGrath said in an email that the severance was a normal practice at the agency.
  — Ovetta Wiggins, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2020
• Council agreed to pay him a severance package worth about one year's salary.
  — Cassie Dickman, Cincinnati.com, 15 Jan. 2020
• As part of the agreement, Mack will receive a $4.8 million severance payment from the school.
  — Hayes Gardner, The Courier-Journal, 28 Jan. 2022
• Those who don’t make the switch will be offered severance packages.
  — Emily Bamforth, cleveland, 21 Apr. 2020
• The city hasn’t yet released details of any severance package for Greene.
  — oregonlive, 2 Nov. 2022
• Overland Park paid the officer severance and no charges were filed in the shooting.
  — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 11 June 2025
• In some cases, my clients received two incomes for a while, the severance income and the new job income.
  — Robert Hellmann, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2023
• There have been conflicting statements about what Hogan knew about the severance and when.
  — Pamela Wood, baltimoresun.com, 2 Sep. 2020
• Focus now on getting the severance you were promised along with a great reference for a new job.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2023
• Their severance has now run out and their health insurance will end next week.
  — Tucker Reals, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2020
• The company laid off a bunch of people, eating $3.4 million in severance costs alone over the next few months.
  — Melvin Backman, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2024
• The next morning, Marks shared that Kavin is providing the staff a severance package.
  — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2021
• That was just before the board authorized the severances.
  — Jim Morrill, charlotteobserver, 26 Mar. 2018
• Combs refused to waive her right to sue Netflix in exchange for four months severance.
  — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 July 2024
• The severance payment is larger than called for in Boogs Muething's contract.
  — Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 27 Dec. 2021
• Gerber’s contract with the city of Shawnee states that his firing without cause would require the city to pay six months worth of his salary as severance.
  — Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
• The accusers signed them pursuant to their employment and as a condition of their severance from the team.
  — Michael McCann, SI.com, 26 Apr. 2018
• In his lawsuit, Dargan said the mayor and the city had failed to provide three months’ notice of its plans to part ways and — perhaps most important — the three months’ severance called for in his contract.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2025
• Those losing their jobs will be offered severance, outplacement services and other benefits, the company said in its announcement.
  — Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025