How to Use resignation in a Sentence

resignation

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  • The manager received resignations from three members of the staff.
  • We accepted the news with resignation.
  • The chairman accepted their resignations.
  • Per the judge's ruling, Wade's resignation means Willis and the rest of her team will remain on the case.
    — Olivia Rubin, ABC News, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Rollins' resignation will take effect at the end of the week.
    — Luke Barr, ABC News, 17 May 2023
  • The calls for his resignation are in sharp contrast, though, to his first case.
    — Mary Clare Jalonick, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2023
  • So there’s more of a resignation to the fact that this is going to be as intense as it’s been.
    — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 June 2023
  • The resignations came the same day the Fire and Police Commission was scheduled to elect a new chair and vice chair.
    — Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 20 July 2023
  • The deputy had been placed on leave before his resignation.
    — Beck Andrew Salgado, Journal Sentinel, 24 May 2023
  • Buzzell did not provide a reason for his resignation in his message to the board.
    — Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 4 June 2024
  • The same cost-cutting may have also led to Hotz’s abrupt resignation.
    — PCMAG, 21 Dec. 2022
  • When the trial was due to start at the end of March, Lucas García’s lawyers announced their resignation.
    — Tara John, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
  • But the protests lacked a clear alternative leader and plan, and many people in the crowd spoke with resignation.
    — Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Her story and the resignation of Casey merited a brief blurb in The Times in 1992, but the paper never mentioned her again.
    — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Since the June 20 raids, Thao has faced similar calls for her resignation from the leaders of the recall effort.
    — Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Gay addressed these critiques in a New York Times op-ed about her resignation.
    — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Rota’s resignation will be effective by the end of the day Wednesday to allow for the election of a new speaker.
    — Sammy Westfall, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2023
  • White went on to say that Denton was stymieing rescue efforts, and called for her resignation.
    — Jessica Pishko, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2024
  • His resignation followed a year when Cedar Hill won just two games last season.
    — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 4 Sep. 2023
  • The resignation acquitted him of further scrutiny in the case, the court said.
    — Patpicha Tanakasempipat / Bloomberg, TIME, 23 May 2024
  • The next step is for Abbas to decide whether to accept the resignations and announce a new government.
    — Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2024
  • His resignation was the first public statement the former CEO made regarding the leaks.
    — Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 7 July 2023
  • No reason was provided by the school board or Stein for her resignation.
    — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2023
  • Harvard did not comment on the resignation and criticism from the Ofers.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Protesters gathered to call for the resignation of Luis Rubiales in Barcelona last week.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Because of the timing of his resignation, there will be no special election.
    — CBS News, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The board is required by law to nominate three Democrats from the Tempe-centric district to fill the vacancy Hodge's resignation caused.
    — Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
  • His resignation led to the special election which ended last week.
    — Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2024
  • The resignations come more than a year after the entire police department of the small town of Goodhue, Minnesota, resigned over low pay.
    — CBS News, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Anne Wojcicki’s 23andMe appointed three new directors to its board, following the mass resignation of the entire board last month.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024

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