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Recent Examples of severance
Everett gambled away his severance.
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Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
18 June 2026
Robinhood expects to take around $20 million in charges for severance and benefits costs.
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Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
16 June 2026
About $122,000 of the severance had been paid when the payment was uncovered by the city investigation and canceled.
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Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
9 June 2026
Some employees disappeared into severance meetings.
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Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
9 June 2026
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Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
18 June 2026
Robinhood expects to take around $20 million in charges for severance and benefits costs.
—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
16 June 2026
About $122,000 of the severance had been paid when the payment was uncovered by the city investigation and canceled.
—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
9 June 2026
Some employees disappeared into severance meetings.
—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
9 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for severance
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Pitt and Jolie would eventually split as well in 2016 and finalize a tumultuous divorce in 2024.
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Following their split in 2021, the couple's divorce was finalized in 2022.
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The series, out now on Prime Video, follows Percy and Sam, two childhood friends who fall in love as teenagers and, years after their breakup, are reunited back in their childhood hometown for a memorial service.
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The song is believed to be about ex-fiancé Orlando Bloom, as the former couple famously rekindled their relationship in 2018 after their 2017 breakup and went on to get engaged in 2019.
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Following the abrupt dissolution of Disney’s $1 billion investment in OpenAI’s Sora text-to-video app, Shin stressed that there are no plans to use A24’s existing IP to create GenAI tools.
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Coincidentally or not, that pained study of marital dissolution, co-starring Jolie’s then-husband Brad Pitt, intersected with the couple’s real-life breakup — not to mention Jolie’s grief over the death of her mother, Marcheline Bertrand.
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The Supreme Court has declined to resolve whether innocent taxpayers can face unlimited IRS audit exposure when a return preparer commits fraud, leaving a split in the federal courts intact.
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Sara Foster still lives with her ex, Tommy Haas, two years after their split.
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Advertisement Since the 2025 war, broader regional developments have deepened the estrangement.
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Amid the longstanding estrangement, the Duke of Sussex has had only fleeting physical contact with his father (two brief meetings over tea) while Meghan has not been in the same room as any members of the royal family since 2022.
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This book about a couple in complex crisis creates a sense of political alienation that The Drama frankly dances around.
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Much like their 1990s grunge and alt-rock contemporaries in America, Canada’s Our Lady Peace were writing and recording murky, sorrowful songs about youthful frustration and adult rage, love lost and societal alienation.
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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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As shared by the brand, Lipa's look consisted of a custom cleavage-baring dress crafted from floral lace.
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Triangle bralettes work especially well on smaller chests because their plunging neckline highlights the cleavage, while racerback styles create a closer, more secure fit.
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“Severance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/severance. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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