severances

Definition of severancesnext
plural of severance

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for severances
Noun
  • There could be more dissolutions and consolidations in the future.
    Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
  • The drama that sometimes follows their dissolutions speaks to a broader uncertainty in the air about how gay couples should be.
    Paul McAdory, Them., 9 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • The celebrity chef’s raw and darkly humorous memoir explores her family’s demise and reconstruction — through divorce, estrangements, a brother’s sudden death and another’s suicide.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • During their five bouts against each other, Lloyd produced 33 total tackles, two pass breakups and a fumble recovery.
    Mike Kaye March 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The redshirt junior registered 13 tackles over just four games, which included three tackles for loss, a sack and two pass breakups.
    Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Many movies and shows are now overlapping between both, but there are still some separations.
    K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 29 Mar. 2026
  • During the 43 day shutdown last fall, TSA experienced a 25% increase in officer separations compared to that same time the year before, TSA Administrator Ha Nguyen McNeill said during a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing in which lawmakers addressed the impacts of the shutdown.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Evan Carter will not start on opening day, replaced in the lineup by Sam Haggerty, who has tremendous splits against lefties.
    Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The splits are designed to simplify Honeywell’s operating structures and create financial flexibility, according to the company.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The footage showed tubes with ruptures and other damaged structures that used to be inside the pressure vessel, which originally was enclosed.
    ABC News, ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • If a fatty deposit ruptures, a clot can quickly form and block blood flow—an event often linked to risk factors such as smoking, high blood pressure, and elevated cholesterol.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Her appointment may deepen rifts within the Anglican Communion, whose members are deeply divided over issues such as the role of women and the treatment of LGBTQ+ people.
    Danica Kirka, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The carbon released by tectonic rifts may have had a larger role in driving major climate transitions than that released by tectonic convergences.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
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“Severances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/severances. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

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