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Recent Examples of severance
The total amount reflects earned leave accumulated during Smith's tenure and does not include any additional severance beyond contractual obligations.
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Jack Lowenstein, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2026
This severance from Turkey has created a phantom limb experience for me and my brothers.
—Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
The voluntary severance program is open to full- and part-time employees who aren’t directly involved with patient care, Memorial Hermann said.
—Julian Gill, Houston Chronicle, 6 Feb. 2026
The email then asks if Bill and Melinda French Gates both would be signing and asks whether a one-year severance agreement represented the couple’s position.
—Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
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Jack Lowenstein, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2026
This severance from Turkey has created a phantom limb experience for me and my brothers.
—Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
The voluntary severance program is open to full- and part-time employees who aren’t directly involved with patient care, Memorial Hermann said.
—Julian Gill, Houston Chronicle, 6 Feb. 2026
The email then asks if Bill and Melinda French Gates both would be signing and asks whether a one-year severance agreement represented the couple’s position.
—Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for severance
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In late October 2022, on the cusp of the faceoff between Hastings and Sheehan, court documents were unsealed in his divorce proceedings that portrayed the veteran legislator as being unable to control his anger in front of his children.—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
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When Ada was eleven, the voice told her that her parents were getting a divorce.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
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Is there a path for states to keep pushing for a Live Nation breakup?—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Royal breakup Netflix wished Meghan Markle all the best with her lifestyle brand after the streaming giant and the Duchess of Sussex decided to end their partnership.—
Tricia Escobedo,
CNN Money,
9 Mar. 2026
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On Heavenly’s last record, released in 1996, their daydreamy idealism had become more vulgar and concrete, and the instrumental backing had adopted a Britpop punchiness to match; however, the album was released just after drummer Mathew Fletcher’s death, leading to Heavenly’s abrupt dissolution.—
Jude Noel,
Pitchfork,
4 Mar. 2026
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Organizations can scale teams up or down by country without the administrative burden associated with entity setup, dissolution, or local compliance management.—
Kaitlyn Gomez,
Sacbee.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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Williams now generates more than half of its revenue from the commercial side of its business, Savage said, which is starting to emulate the 66% to 75% split that the sport’s cash-generating giants, like Ferrari, Mercedes and McLaren, reap from that category.—
Justin Birnbaum,
Sportico.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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The $15-fruit-spread split comes about seven months after Netflix downgraded Markle’s production deal from an overall to a first-look.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Mar. 2026
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The day after announcing her new song, Brooke opened up about her estrangement from her father in the years leading up to his death in an interview with Entertainment Tonight.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Mar. 2026
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Stellan Skarsgård plays an aging filmmaker whose selfish past led to an estrangement from his daughters and who wants to make a movie inspired by their mom.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
8 Mar. 2026
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Not all of it works, but Bale is essentially perfect, portraying both the innocence and the increasing alienation of his young hero.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2026
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That alienation was increased by Preminger’s treatment of Seberg on set, which was, by all first-hand accounts, extremely harsh.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
27 Feb. 2026
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Decarbonizing air travel The purification and fractionation steps are being developed jointly by scientists from TU Graz, the University of Zagreb in Croatia, and Portugal’s national energy laboratory (LNEG).—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Dec. 2025
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Additionally, Scotto is optimistic about MPLX delivering mid-single-digit EBITDA growth beyond 2026, driven by contributions from the Eiger pipeline and its Gulf Coast fractionation and export facilities, along with potential mergers and acquisitions.—
TipRanks.com Staff,
CNBC,
30 Nov. 2025
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Jones’s personal style — a quirky, at times ill-fitting wardrobe of short skirts, cleavage-revealing tops, mumsy cardigans, granny pants and long scarves — helped cement her character into an unforgettable part of noughties pop culture history.—
Kati Chitrakorn,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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The top is extra supportive thanks to an extended bottom and somehow offers cleavage without flimsiness.—
Tamim Alnuweiri,
InStyle,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Severance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/severance. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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