severances

plural of severance

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for severances
Noun
  • 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
  • Co-written by Baumbach and Emily Mortimer, the film blends sharp humor with aching self-reflection as the pair navigates a whirlwind of public tributes, old grudges and family estrangements, forcing both men to confront the choices, compromises and identities that have defined their lives.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Cornerback Stella Day was an unsung hero for a deep JSerra roster with multiple pass breakups.
    Dan Albano, Oc Register, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Defensive back Edward Rhambo leads the team with six pass breakups and linebacker EJ Smith has two interceptions.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • After buyouts, early retirements, voluntary separations and a Reduction in Force, the agency was shrunk nearly in half earlier this year.
    Arthur Jones II, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Garrett added that separations can stem from safety concerns, self-harm risk or threats from others inside the facility.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Robyn is Kody’s last wife after his splits from Christine, Janelle, and Meri.
    Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The actress had a hard time slumbering after her week one mistakes, and now she’s expected to do a cartwheel into splits after tearing her hamstring?
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In three cases within the past 1,500 years, the researchers believe that fault ruptures at the Cascadia subduction zone and San Andreas fault occurred just minutes to hours apart.
    Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • These ruptures serve the novel’s larger project of demystification.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The spot was a chance to reframe the Prince of Wales' public image after years of headlines surrounding family rifts and the fallout from the departure of his brother, Prince Harry, and sister-in-law, Meghan Markle, from the royal fold in 2020.
    Erin Hill, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Not just from the outside in but from our inside rifts.
    Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But aggregate consumer spending masks schisms below the surface.
    Sarah Min, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2025
  • This brings us to the differences between the characters, which point to pivotal schisms between Anderson and Pynchon as storytellers.
    Andrew McGowan, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In the background, there continues to be the looming dark shadow of possible sanctions for charges of profit and sustainability rule (PSR) breaches from previous seasons.
    Rob Tanner, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • That is why the scale of these breaches is so significant.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Severances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/severances. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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