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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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The model is fresh off her divorce from Billy Haire.Chelsea Hirsch, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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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 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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Trending on Billboard In a statement posted to social media on Nov. 4, Lambesis reflected on the internal issues that culminated in the band’s dissolution.Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024
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The dissolution of strict gendered dressing is the stale chat of this millennium.Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2024
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While delivered with a smile, the question was deadly serious in a congressional district with such an even partisan split that anything could happen to knock the future incumbent off kilter two years from now, as just happened to Democratic first-term Rep. Yadira Caraveo.John Aguilar, The Denver Post, 12 Nov. 2024
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The Paragon was one of few splits reliable enough to navigate through the garbage with a semblance of grace, all while encouraging riders to throw little spins, ride switch, and pop off rock-hard pillows without too much concern for landing stability.Outside Editors, Outside Online, 11 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 company identified material weaknesses in its internal controls over financial reporting due to a lack of separation of duties and is actively engaged in remediation efforts.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2024
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Critics, however, see it as a violation of the Massachusetts Constitution's separation of powers.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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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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This dynamic is likely to result in a bifurcation in inflationary trends.Mark Le Dain, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Severance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/severance. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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