dismissions

Definition of dismissionsnext
plural of dismission

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dismissions
Noun
  • Court records show the office has been operating in crisis mode, bringing in prosecutors from other states, asking judges to delay hearings, and trying to make some cases go away through dismissals and plea agreements.
    ABC News, ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Stalcup said of the dismissals.
    Paul Flahive, Austin American Statesman, 16 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Some of that information isn’t available to the public — firings and other disciplinary actions by employers, for instance, are confidential.
    Amber Gaudet Updated February 20, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The Supreme Court ruling comes despite a series of short-term wins on the court’s emergency docket that have allowed Trump to push ahead with extraordinary flexes of executive power on issues ranging from high-profile firings to major federal funding cuts.
    Lindsay Whitehurst, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The legislation would prohibit schools from enforcing their cell phone bans through fines, fees, suspensions, expulsions, ticketing, or deployment of police officers or school resource officers.
    Todd Feurer, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The school district reduced the expulsions to a year for six of the teenagers and permitted them to enroll in alternative schools.
    Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The pack also maintained the same C-rate (how fast a battery charges and discharges) and current output.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Perhaps the most alarming numbers for the organization included the reporting data from the airport, which included discharges of more than 50,000 parts per trillion.
    Chris Hoffman, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
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“Dismissions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dismissions. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.

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