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Example Sentences
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He said it was good that he and Isla were starting from scratch.
The Nescafé and Purina maker fired Laurent Freixe in September after an investigation found an undisclosed relationship broke its code of conduct.
Tensions from the affair had distracted Nestlé’s upper management for much of Freixe’s 12 months in charge, according to people familiar with the matter, and tore a chunk out of its top ranks.
The affair also put a spotlight on Nestlé’s culture and drew attention to the Swiss company’s struggle to make its 2,000-plus brands relevant at a time of changing consumer tastes, inflation and trade tensions.
The 49-year-old immediately laid out plans in October to cut 16,000 jobs and to tie pay more tightly to performance—moves that analysts saw as a strike at the company’s sometimes cozy practices.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
