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severance

[sev-er-uhns, sev-ruhns] / ˈsɛv ər əns, ˈsɛv rəns /


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It’s always noteworthy when a CEO of a multibillion-dollar company agrees to resign without severance and other perks.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

Carvalho ultimately relinquished his right to severance by resigning — while avoiding the possibility of dismissal.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

The company said the stark increase in its expenses for the quarter was tied to legal and severance costs, and operating income would have been up 9% without those charges.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

At Meta, the profit decline was driven largely by one-time items, including $2.4 billion in charges tied to legal proceedings and $1.2 billion in severance from a round of layoffs in May.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

To symbolize the complete severance from his previous life, he even adopted a new name.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

Discovery told investors that the cost of the downsizing would exceed $1 billion, to pay severances among other expenses.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 6, 2023

“I asked him repeatedly if the governor had approved or knew about any of his severances or payments, and Roy repeatedly refused to say that was the case,” Mayer said Thursday.

From Seattle Times Nov. 4, 2021

Still, newspapers with strong guilds – the New York Times and Washington Post – have seen fewer layoffs and less brutal severances, on the whole, than those without.

From Salon Mar. 18, 2013

We were, all of us I think, emotionalists, of one kind or another, and went up and down in our feelings, alliances, severances, trusts and distrusts, as a thermometer goes up and down.

From The Dark Forest by Sir Hugh Walpole

How other nations lined up on the one side and the other is indicated by the State Department's list of war declarations, and diplomatic severances, which follows: Austria against Belgium, Aug.

From History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War by Francis Andrew March




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