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Recent Examples of severance
Figma slashed its internal valuation to just $10 billion and offered employees a voluntary exit package of three months’ severance.
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Iain Martin, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Spokesperson Joe Osborne said affected employees have been provided severance.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 16 July 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
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
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Iain Martin, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Spokesperson Joe Osborne said affected employees have been provided severance.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 16 July 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
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for severance
Noun
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Pasco County records show Heyden filed for divorce in March and later filed an emergency motion for exclusive use and possession of the marital residence.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
25 Aug. 2025
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Condoning voyeurs while blaming the victims Attitudes in China remain conservative, often to the detriment of women – such as in cases of divorce, domestic violence or upskirting, which aren’t typically treated as a priority by police, rights campaigners have long complained.—
CNN Staff 20 hr ago,
CNN Money,
24 Aug. 2025
Noun
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There were crash outs, blowups, fights over pancakes and some messy breakups.—
Christopher Kuhagen,
jsonline.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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This partnership held together after the breakup of the Soviet Union, but all cooperation ended after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
25 Aug. 2025
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Others have found a higher risk of relationship dissolution when the woman outearns her husband, and men in this situation have an 11% greater chance of being diagnosed with a mental health problem.—
Kim Elsesser,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The Papal States maintained armies until their dissolution in 1870.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Aug. 2025
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After decades of success and a GRAMMY win, Hinds left the group this year, at first announcing the split in a cordial joint statement, but later claiming he was kicked out and blasting his former bandmates.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
22 Aug. 2025
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As the result is a complicated split among the Justices, the stay against the policy itself remains intact.—
John Timmer,
ArsTechnica,
21 Aug. 2025
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In the case of Bill, that ultimately means enticing him back into society with the appetizing waft and convivial chatter of a barbecue party—a small coup for social connection amid the inertia of alienation.—
Adrienne Matei,
The Atlantic,
13 Aug. 2025
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Moreover, in the case of Kafka, a highly idiosyncratic writer, whose very name has become a byword for modern alienation and bureaucratic absurdity, the influence of his elegant and long-canonical early translators Willa and Edwin Muir still looms large.—
Mark Harman
August 8,
Literary Hub,
8 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Floating around the shins and with zero cleavage: now that’s my kind of good-girl dress.—
Alexandra Pereira,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Aug. 2025
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This question exposed a deep cleavage between the political left and right.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
5 Aug. 2025
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Each bra offers seamless lift and separation, that supports like an underwire bra, yet feels weightless on your body.—
Angelina Villa-Clarke,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Still, pediatricians persist – some after witnessing the consequences of family separation firsthand.—
Dalia Faheid,
CNN Money,
16 Aug. 2025
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This bifurcation, which began during the Reagan years—and was anticipated by Richard Nixon’s administrative presidency—has accelerated in the decades since, fueled by the rise of populism, its political power, and its antidemocratic sentiments.—
Terry M. Moe,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
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The spike in volatility, which began back in April created a bifurcation in the market because of how the tariff news benefited financials.—
JJ Kinahan,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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“Severance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/severance. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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