dismission

Definition of dismissionnext

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Noun
  • Four Democratic-Farm-Labor Party lawmakers who chair state Senate education committees cited Minneapolis Public Schools canceling classes and extracurricular activities last week after federal agents reportedly clashed with students and staff during Roosevelt High School’s dismissal on Wednesday.
    Michael Loria, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Prosecutors noted that after receiving the money, the defendants filed loan forgiveness applications containing further inaccuracies, which led to the dismissal of some debt.
    Chase Jordan January 10, Charlotte Observer, 10 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The fallout led to tit-for-tat expulsions of senior diplomats, disruption of visa services, reduced consular staffing and a freeze on trade talks.
    Ken Moritsugu, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Seldom has a brown person coasted through early eps without the critical gaze of fellow contestants, and eventual groupthink expulsion.
    Raven Smith, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Tony Dungy, especially like Tony Dungy himself, to say that (expressing shock at John Harbaugh’s firing).
    Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 8 Jan. 2026
  • So the firings of Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski and the Ravens’ Harbaugh have injected some juice into a Giants search that previously threatened to cast as wide and arbitrary a net as last year’s ridiculous Jets process.
    Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • But the discharges also can overwhelm the delicate estuaries east and west of the state’s largest lake and, during the warm summer months, spread blooms of toxic algae, an issue that has become more persistent in recent years.
    Amy Green, Miami Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The bill, which passed 230-196, came to the floor through a discharge petition led by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY).
    Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2026
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“Dismission.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dismission. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.

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