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Recent Examples of severance
The former Fremont city manager who was ordered to repay a six-figure severance check amid allegations of fraud was recently reprimanded and kicked out of a local government association, the organization announced this week.
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Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 18 July 2024
Reuters also reported earlier that executives and lawyers were discussing terms of a potential exit package for Shaw,including severance, according to two sources.
—Svea Herbst-Bayliss, The Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2024
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—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 10 Sep. 2024
Combs refused to waive her right to sue Netflix in exchange for four months severance.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 July 2024
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Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 18 July 2024
Reuters also reported earlier that executives and lawyers were discussing terms of a potential exit package for Shaw,including severance, according to two sources.
—Svea Herbst-Bayliss, The Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2024
Dursun Aydemir—Anadolu/Getty Images plant closures in Germany severance agreements
Sign up here.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 10 Sep. 2024
Combs refused to waive her right to sue Netflix in exchange for four months severance.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for severance
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Theresa Nist is shedding new light on her bombshell divorce from Gerry Turner.Julia Moore, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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The model is fresh off her divorce from Billy Haire.Chelsea Hirsch, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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The time of breakup is considered the end of winter and the beginning of spring, and avid bettors use all kinds of homespun algorithms to predict the time of breakup, incorporating such data as annual snowfall, temperature patterns, and even train schedules.Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 7 Nov. 2024
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For example, there are several breakups in When Harry Met Sally.David Chiu, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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The filing also details the dissolution of its subsidiary, Specialty Renal Products, Inc., and the assignment of its remaining assets to Nephros.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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For the last two years, Jeff Smith’s Starboard has been mounting a campaign at the media conglomerate, seeking both the dissolution of the dual-class structure that gives the Murdoch family outsize control and for the company to split off its highly valuable online real estate business.Rohan Goswami, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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But the gender gap was among the most glaring splits, with more women backing Vice President Kamala Harris and a majority of men supporting President-elect Donald Trump.Jessica Dickler,Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2024
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Like Lazarus, Cordella had few details about how the split would work, something that NBC’s sports rights partners are likely eager to hear more about.Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2024
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Consumers are very perceptive, and this can lead to audience alienation.Emily Reynolds Bergh, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Why not stay the course and leave Penelope within the realm of ambiguous alienation?Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
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Advertisement The homeowner-renter divide was the survey’s most significant social cleavage in attitudes toward the construction of affordable housing, rent control and universal basic income, mattering more than differences in race, income and education.Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
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Fat has evolved into something of a commodity in the world of aesthetic medicine, where there’s a growing appreciation for its ability to augment—boosting volume, for example, in the cleavage or cheeks (either set)—and to improve skin quality.Taryn Brooke, Allure, 24 Oct. 2024
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The former couple's separation will be addressed on season 14 of RHOBH, which begins airing on Nov. 19.McKinley Franklin, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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Likewise, Juba, played by Djimon Hounsou, is a Nubian hunter also turned gladiator, whose calm loyalty and faith despite his separation from his family is a fascinating counterpoint to Maximus’ desire for vengeance.Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 19 Nov. 2024
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In winning support from friends and allies on export controls, outbound investment reviews, supply chain diversification, and technology bifurcation, less will be more.Richard Fontaine, Foreign Affairs, 12 July 2023
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Add to this a clearer-than-ever bifurcation between first jobs that pay a living wage and appear to have career pathways and jobs that have one or the other or neither.Ryan Craig, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Severance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/severance. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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