severances

noun

plural of severance
as in alienations

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for severances
  1. dissolutions
  2. estrangements
  3. breakups
  4. cleavages
  5. separations
  6. splits
  7. ruptures
  8. rifts
Noun
  • The trailer teased screaming matches, tears, accusations of betrayal and clear dissolutions of multiple relationships — both romantic and platonic.
    — Pilar Melendez, NBC news, 27 May 2026
  • There could be more dissolutions and consolidations in the future.
    — Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
Definition of dissolutions
Noun
  • For some, the reason behind such estrangements might seem clear to both parties.
    — Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 10 May 2026
  • The couple, who did not grow up knowing one another because of estrangements in their families, faced criticism from both sets of parents for the union.
    — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
Definition of estrangements
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  • The former Arlington Seguin standout posted 96 tackles (60 solo), three pass breakups and tied for a team-high with five interceptions.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 July 2026
  • For an artist like Taylor Swift, who has built a $2 billion career out of musically documenting her romances and breakups, marrying Travis Kelce is almost certain to yield great songwriting material.
    — Rebecca Keegan, NBC news, 3 July 2026
Definition of breakups
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  • The cartoonist and journalist Joe Sacco has made a career of rescuing history from the cleavages of memory.
    — Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Intelligence agencies in the United States and other Western countries closely follow these cleavages, of course, and can sometimes recruit the disaffected or the ambitious to provide insider information.
    — Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Definition of cleavages
Noun
  • Layoffs could follow if the company doesn't meet the target for voluntary separations, Bloomberg reported.
    — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 15 June 2026
  • Workspaces and environments enforce these separations.
    — Bernard Aceituno, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Definition of separations
Noun
  • Amanda Anisimova, alongside many others like Aryna Sabalenka, wore classic NikeCourt dresses with side splits.
    — Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • Licensing calls for meticulous attention to ownership splits, territorial rights, and expiration dates.
    — Faye Bradley, Variety, 2 July 2026
Definition of splits
Noun
  • Love, though, comes with spats and fits of temper, ruptures and reconciliations.
    — Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026
  • The autopsy and other testing revealed that the Wahls have a genetic mutation that predisposes them to aortic ruptures.
    — PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026
Definition of ruptures
Noun
  • His close ties to Trump may keep the American president at the table, but are unlikely to mend the rifts.
    — Lorne Cook, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • These are old rifts within Hispanic communities that the figure of Gálvez alone, and our presence at the time of independence, cannot reconcile.
    — Geraldo L. Cadava, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026
Definition of rifts
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