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Recent Examples of severance
Those won’t really have an impact until those severance checks are done and people actually claim for unemployment.
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Nyse, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2025
While not legally required in most cases, companies often provide severance to ease the transition for affected employees and mitigate potential legal risks.
—Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025
Hartman confirmed Martin would get no severance in her separation from the district.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2025
But the actual climactic test on Gemma was just to see if the severance block could hold her personalities apart even when facing deep traumas.
—Ars Technica, 25 Mar. 2025
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Nyse, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2025
While not legally required in most cases, companies often provide severance to ease the transition for affected employees and mitigate potential legal risks.
—Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025
Hartman confirmed Martin would get no severance in her separation from the district.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2025
But the actual climactic test on Gemma was just to see if the severance block could hold her personalities apart even when facing deep traumas.
—Ars Technica, 25 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for severance
Noun
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Ball eventually took over Desilu Studios — her production company with Arnaz — after their divorce.—
Julie Tremaine,
People.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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The former couple finalized their divorce in November 2022 after filing in early 2021.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Dolphins fit: Biggers possesses the ideal height, weight and length and can get his hands in passing lanes (seven pass breakups during his collegiate career).—
C. Isaiah Smalls II,
Miami Herald,
26 Apr. 2025
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In theory a negative verdict could result in a company breakup.—
Steven Levy,
Wired News,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Following the dissolution of their Philadelphia math-rock band Palm in 2023, founding members and singer-guitarists Eve Alpert and Kasra Kurt took time off before forming Kassie Krut with their Nicks and Grazes producer Matt Anderegg.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
30 Apr. 2025
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Elsmore has been a court referee for the Second Judicial District, which encompasses Ramsey County, since January 2023, presiding over dissolution, custody, support, domestic abuse and harassment matters.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
24 Apr. 2025
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Earlier this month, Bristowe reflected on her 2018 split from ex Shawn Booth and acknowledged her own role in their breakup during an episode of her podcast.—
Stephanie Wenger,
People.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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The new tour follows decades of tension between the brothers, who last performed together during Oasis’ 2009 tour before an infamous backstage blow-up in Paris led to the band’s split.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Margiela eyewear campaign was photographed and directed by Jordan Hemingway, which reflects on the alienation and attraction between humans and cyborgs.—
Andrea Onate,
WWD,
2 Mar. 2025
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Alcoholism, depression, alienation, and nightmares overtook him in the following years.—
Bill Trott,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The actress wore a slinky black dress on the red carpet that featured a plunging V-neck line that exposed a hint of cleavage.—
Starr Bowenbank,
People.com,
1 May 2025
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These often reflect deep ethnic and social cleavages, aggravated by external interventions, as well as cruder forms of power struggle.—
Lawrence D. Freedman,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Since 2021, there have been 85 recorded events involving a potentially dangerous near-miss between a helicopter and a plane – defined as a lateral separation of less than 1,500 feet and a vertical separation of less than 200 feet, the National Transportation Safety Board said in March.—
David Shepardson,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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James tried to drive but couldn’t create separation as the shot-clock buzzer sounded.—
Jovan Buha,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
Noun
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This proactive approach has resulted in a bifurcation of the industry into two distinct camps: those focused on infrastructure and those prioritizing applications.—
Vivian Toh,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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An ongoing theme of the post-pandemic recovery has been a widening bifurcation of American household finances.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Severance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/severance. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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