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Recent Examples of severance
The woman who until very recently managed Santee’s day-to-day affairs is getting a severance payment worth more than $131,000.
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Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2025
According to the company, Six Flags America currently employs 70 full-time associates, who will be eligible for severance and other benefits.
—Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 16 May 2025
Additionally, the Emerging & Other segment reduced its losses significantly, aided by the absence of prior-year severance and transaction-related costs, further contributing to the overall EBITDA growth.
—Joe Cornell, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
His contract required a lump sum severance payment worth six months of his salary and a payout for any unused vacation days or sick leave if he was fired without cause.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 1 May 2025
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Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2025
According to the company, Six Flags America currently employs 70 full-time associates, who will be eligible for severance and other benefits.
—Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 16 May 2025
Additionally, the Emerging & Other segment reduced its losses significantly, aided by the absence of prior-year severance and transaction-related costs, further contributing to the overall EBITDA growth.
—Joe Cornell, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
His contract required a lump sum severance payment worth six months of his salary and a payout for any unused vacation days or sick leave if he was fired without cause.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for severance
Noun
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Some exert control through violence, some through financial dominance, and others through the threat of divorce and social isolation.—
TrickleUp,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Per the filing, the couple's divorce is uncontested and will only need a judge to sign off.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2025
Noun
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While rumors of their breakup continued to circulate online at the time, fans noticed a small detail missing from Sweeney’s Instagram account.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
31 May 2025
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Again and again, West apologized to Ciara Miller for talking mess to the New York Times, handling their breakup poorly, and then clamming up all summer.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
30 May 2025
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The breakthrough is the fruit of incredible recent performance in all age groups for the nation of 36 million people, which became independent in 1991 after the dissolution of the USSR.—
Hassan Tayir,
CNN Money,
6 June 2025
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Why, then, engage language at all? Lijn explained her simultaneous recruitment and dissolution of language as a way to cope with her growing sense that words had become tired and lost any vital force.—
Marina Isgro,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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One senior exec who worked for Zaslav at Discovery and WarnerMedia told Deadline the split plan had a certain valedictory quality.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
9 June 2025
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Although that chapter may have closed, neither Gates nor his reps have spoken on the split.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
9 June 2025
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The filmmaker may have set the movie in a Finnish location known to few but the universal story rings a bell on alienation and the healing powers of community that seems fit to strike a chord with audiences far beyond Finland.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
28 May 2025
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Even doing it for a week improves your sense of well-being and decreases your sense of alienation and loneliness.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
25 May 2025
Noun
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The plunging neckline shows just enough without spilling over, and the underwire gives gentle lift and definition—without forcing cleavage that isn’t there.—
Malia Griggs,
Glamour,
6 June 2025
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Halle Berry, 58, made some people furious for her pelvic cleavage at the Met Gala last month.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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The case to voters citywide: La Jolla must pay millions to San Diego in separation costs that, along with the city not having to spend money in La Jolla, can help cover the budget gap and improve services elsewhere.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 June 2025
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The Current will have at least five points of separation atop the league standings depending on the rest of the weekend’s results.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
7 June 2025
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This bifurcation makes Ballerina a wildly uneven viewing experience, but that second hour is so thrilling that the first doesn’t really matter.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
4 June 2025
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This bifurcation mirrors broader economic trends, but its impact on Hollywood’s creative ecosystem could be devastating.—
JD Barker,
Rolling Stone,
20 May 2025
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“Severance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/severance. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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