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Recent Examples of severance
The county later settled a lawsuit with Downs for $488,000 in unpaid severance.
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Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 16 Dec. 2025
Speaking at that same conference, Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf said that the bank will likely cut more of its workforce, which will result in higher severance expenses in the current fourth quarter.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2025
Consultants say rolling layoffs give executives maximum flexibility and can lower severance and restructuring costs, while keeping operations running by redistributing work slowly instead of wiping out entire teams overnight.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2025
He was fired for cause and did not receive severance.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 4 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for severance
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Less than a month after her husband’s arrest on child rape charges, Sycamore Brewing co-founder Sarah Taylor filed for divorce from Justin Tawse Brigham, her husband of nearly two decades.—
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And yet, despite the pain of going through a divorce, many women emerge on the other side stronger, happier and more empowered.—
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Kendricks finished 10 tackles, including two for loss, and the pass breakup.—
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The incident, which occurred at a south Phoenix home, appeared to be over a dispute relating to a breakup, ABC 15 and AZ Family reported, citing court documents, as well as family and witness testimonies.—
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Saudi Arabia hails the dissolution as a win for regional stability and plans a Riyadh conference to address southern Yemen’s political future.—
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Upon the dissolution of their longstanding, often turbulent arrangement with the Baltimore Orioles’ Mid-Atlantic Sports Network, the Washington Nationals are also in the hunt for a new local TV home.—
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Mafuko’s mother was killed in 2007 and in 2013, during the split of Kabirizi family, Mafuko joined the Bageni family.—
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Per People, the split is amicable with no major turmoil leading up to it.—
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The Beloved Javier Bardem stars as an acclaimed film director who reunites with his unsuccessful actress daughter on a movie after years of estrangement in Spanish director Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s first movie in four years.—
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Different explanations have been given about the exact reason for their estrangement.—
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Tracy’s script skewers the hollow moral language of powerful corporate elites like Stone’s character, while also probing the anger and alienation driving Teddy and Don, treating their bonkers beliefs with both satire and unsettling flashes of emotional truth.—
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In a world in which that kind of alienation is pervasive, Cash’s look is refreshing.—
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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).—
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Additionally, Scotto is optimistic about MPLX delivering mid-single-digit EBITDA growth beyond 2026, driven by contributions from the Eiger pipeline and its Gulf Coast fractionation and export facilities, along with potential mergers and acquisitions.—
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Through a precise alpha-cleavage pathway, the catalyst guides glucose so that eighty percent of the molecules are successfully converted into high-value formate.—
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Now, 2026 is shaping up to prioritize a different kind of cleavage.—
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“Severance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/severance. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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