breakup

Example Sentences

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A bipartisan coalition of states including New York, California and Tennessee have continued to litigate, with a goal of securing a court-ordered breakup of the company.

From The Wall Street Journal

A lot of my friends are getting married, of course, but many of them have also been dealing with heavy personal news: breakups, layoffs and the deaths of family members and friends.

From MarketWatch

I didn’t realize until this moment how badly I wanted him to say the breakup was all him.

From Literature

The later breakup of Earth's landmasses explains how the animals became scattered across the globe rather than migrating across oceans.

From Science Daily

Navigating a separation is hard no matter how amicable the breakup is.

From MarketWatch