severance

noun

Definition of severancenext
as in divorce

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Recent Examples of severance The mother is such an integral part of the daughter’s consciousness that severance is impossible. — Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026 His termination stemmed from an internal dispute with CBS leadership, USA TODAY learned on June 2, which left him without severance or other benefits effective immediately. — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 1 July 2026 The filing, submitted Wednesday in Cabarrus Superior Court and first reported by The Cabarrus Compass, is the county’s first formal rebuttal to Newton’s lawsuit seeking severance after he was fired just five months into the job. — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 26 June 2026 Wynn-Williams is asking the court to vacate the Interim Award that bars her from promoting her book and to declare her severance agreement unenforceable, among other things. — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for severance
Recent Examples of Synonyms for severance
  1. divorce
  2. breakup
  3. dissolution
  4. split
  5. estrangement
  6. alienation
  7. fractionation
  8. cleavage
Noun
  • How could an alienation of affection case affect Jen Hamilton’s divorce?
    — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
  • Holmes was awarded primary legal custody of her daughter, and Cruise reportedly has not been seen with Suri since shortly after the divorce.
    — Alessia Ferri, Vanity Fair, 30 July 2026
Definition of divorce
Noun
  • The breakup followed reports of turmoil between the two, many of them detailing how the couple was trying to work through things and do right by their 7-month-old daughter.
    — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • That stopped Saturday, starting with the two interceptions, a pair of fumbles, one pass breakup and a few would-be sacks.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of breakup
Noun
  • In 1991, amidst the Balkan region’s dissolution and prompted by the unfolding events, 6-year-old Maja and her parents make the decision to journey from Yugoslavia to Denmark.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Fragmentation in the form of armed conflicts, tariff disputes and the dissolution of trade blocs is at an all-time high.
    — Yasushi Sasaki, Fortune, 30 July 2026
Definition of dissolution
Noun
  • The divide between critics score and audience score is a strangely wide split.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • What's the difference between policy disagreements and a true political split?
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of split
Noun
  • Over the years, the reports on Suri’s estrangement from her father largely blame his devotion to the controversial Church of Scientology.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 27 July 2026
  • Rodgers reconciled with his family after years of estrangement.
    — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 27 July 2026
Definition of estrangement
Noun
  • How could an alienation of affection case affect Jen Hamilton’s divorce?
    — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
  • This after many years of alienation between the two countries and Armenia’s newfound detente with Turkey.
    — Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of alienation
Noun
  • Scientists physically extract venom from a living animal, then use routine lab techniques to separate the sample into individual components, in a process known as fractionation.
    — Steve Midway, STAT, 16 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of fractionation
Noun
  • Dominique is in the ensemble as is a blond rube named Hunter (Kristine Froseth) who shows up at Elle’s doorstep in mall-wear denim and then upgrades to desperate, cleavage-baring sequins.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
  • The sheer style featured silver and multicolored sequins, while the cut showed plenty of cleavage.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026
Definition of cleavage

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