dismission

Definition of dismissionnext

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Noun
  • While the primary suit was settled with no monetary compensation for either side, Lively’s lawyers preserved their motion to pursue damages and fees related to the dismissal of Baldoni’s suit.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2026
  • Reps for Paramount and Shell did not respond to Deadline’s request for comment on the dismissal filings.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • The expulsion of five diabetes experts from the American Diabetes Association meeting in New Orleans earlier this week caused quite a stir.
    Alex Hogan, STAT, 12 June 2026
  • The young Brooks’s disciplinary problems began with fights in primary school and culminated in his expulsion from college for threatening a policeman with a firearm.
    Rob Wolfe, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
Noun
  • Pelley heard those comments, evidently for the first time, during his emotional first interview after the firing.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026
  • In this particular moment, this summer, there has been a severe rupture, and that's partly because of the way that these firings were carried out.
    Zulekha Nathoo, USA Today, 8 June 2026
Noun
  • The bill’s passage comes as GOP leadership has become increasingly frustrated with the usage of discharge petitions, a tool that used to be rare, to take vote-scheduling power out of the hands of the majority.
    Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 9 June 2026
  • Seven Republicans joined Democrats in signing the discharge petition to get the Faster Labor Contracts Act to the House floor.
    Andrea Hsu, NPR, 9 June 2026
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“Dismission.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dismission. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.

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