terminable

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Recent Examples of terminable Indefinite employment terminable only for cause had existed as early as the founding of Harvard College in 1650. Time, 1 Oct. 2025 These transfers can be made to trusts, such as qualified terminable interest property trust which can be relatively simple and inexpensive to create and also defer estate tax on unlimited wealth. Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025 Another type of trust to consider in this situation would be a qualified terminable interest property (QTIP) trust. Liz Weston, oregonlive, 6 Aug. 2023 She was employed on a one-year contract that was terminable at will by either the team or Neuner. Michael McCann, SI.com, 25 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for terminable
Adjective
  • That control gave Puglisi the sole authority to set up new credit card accounts, change spending limits, manage card access and terminate accounts.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2021
  • ChristianaCare, the state’s largest health care system and largest private employer, has stated that all employees must receive the first dose of the vaccine by Sept. 21, or the health system with terminate workers who don’t unless given an exemption.
    From USA TODAY Network and wire reports, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2021
Adjective
  • Entities looking to build a freestanding birthing center in other parts of the county would be required to obtain a conditional use permit under the recommendation.
    Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Risley is a lawful permanent resident, Baum is a conditional permanent resident, and Castellanos has had a pending order of removal from an immigration judge since 1999, the release states.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Şengün played a large chunk of his limited time on the floor Monday night with Adams or Capela also in the lineup.
    William Guillory, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Following their split, the parents of two were seen together on numerous occasions, including the 2019 Emmys where Taylor was on deck to support Ben, who was nominated for outstanding directing for a limited series, movie or dramatic special for Escape At Dannemora.
    Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • From their perspective, a star is just a transitory stage, a chrysalis.
    Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2025
  • All empires are transitory, right?
    Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Stonestreet and Ferguson have both even revealed that there were tentative plans for a spinoff focused on their characters.
    Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Some council members have pitched tentative ideas.
    Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Terminable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terminable. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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