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as in dismissals
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as in depredations
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The Michigan Attorney General's Office, which filed the charges, is appealing the dismissals of five of the seven cases in the double voting matter.—
Christina Hall,
Freep.com,
3 Sep. 2025 -
Managers will be submitting their list of dismissals to HR between September and October.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
22 Aug. 2025
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From July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024, Idaho Wildlife Services investigated 99 wolf depredations.—
Nathan Rott,
NPR,
21 Aug. 2025
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McQueen has claimed that depredations on livestock and pets by wolves in her county have become a public safety concern.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
14 Aug. 2025
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Several of President Donald Trump‘s firings of independent agency heads have made their way through the Supreme Court‘s emergency docket, but Tuesday’s ruling in a federal appeals court likely moves the justices closer to overturning a 90-year precedent on the issue.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Sep. 2025
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Chicago Public Schools settled with two former Lincoln Park High School administrators last month, following a five-year legal battle that began after their 2020 firings based on claims that were eventually disputed.—
Kate Perez,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Sep. 2025
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When GenAI first captured widespread attention in 2023, smart companies built sustainable AI governance models, prioritized transparency and tackled employee displacement through reinvention rather than layoffs.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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How about the layoffs from agentics, the autonomous AI systems?—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Sackings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sackings. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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