dismissions

Definition of dismissionsnext
plural of dismission

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dismissions
Noun
  • Finances could bear the early dismissals, too.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Cowdin describes more subtle—but no less damaging—dismissals.
    Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 6 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Medical associations sued to challenge Kennedy’s changes to COVID vaccine guidance and ACIP firings last year on these grounds.
    Grayson Logue, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The end of the NFL regular season has brought the annual slew of head coach firings.
    Chris Vannini, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The district reported nearly 10,000 suspensions and expulsions for the 2024-25 school year, according to the data.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Mainstream opinion viewed the devastation of Gaza—the killing of more than 68,000 Palestinians, razing of entire cities and villages, and preparations for mass expulsions—as justified responses to Hamas’s atrocities.
    Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 10 Nov. 2025
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
  • These electrical discharges are directly responsible for killing as many as 320 million individual trees every year.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 Jan. 2026
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“Dismissions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dismissions. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.

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