terminable

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Recent Examples of terminable 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
  • The former match official was charged on August 12 following an investigation by Nottinghamshire Police and has been on conditional bail since.
    Ali Rampling, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The city granted conditional approval of early engineering plans for Trinity Estates Phase III back in 2022.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Labor experts believe that the limited enforcement is largely due to limited resources.
    Max Blau, ProPublica, 16 Sep. 2025
  • However, limited number of shows for the film did not help its cause at the box office.
    Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Some of the behavior of the economy in the 2nd quarter was anticipatory, and transitory.
    George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Since Rahm Emanuel left office after two terms as Chicago mayor, this city has grown the size of its government even as its leaders knew federal aid was transitory and the exorbitant bill to shore up Chicago’s underfunded pensions only would grow for the foreseeable future.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Local chapters of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) unions reached tentative agreements with the company to avoid a mass labor shutdown, including UFCW Local 7, which represents grocery workers in Colorado and Wyoming, and UFCW Local 1564, which covers New Mexico.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Union and district officials reached tentative agreements in early August after several months of negotiations and union members voted to ratify them later that month, ahead of the current school year.
    Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Terminable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terminable. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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