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dismissal

[dis-mis-uhl] / dɪsˈmɪs əl /


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Despite the dismissal, Burgum vowed that the administration “won’t back down to deranged people who want to destroy, deface, or degrade our monuments.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

But in a court filing on Friday, Pirro said new revelations "undermine the evidentiary basis for the indictment," and moved for dismissal.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

On Wednesday, Pisciotta’s legal team filed a request for dismissal and a notice of settlement of the entire case in Los Angeles County Superior Court.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

This is, in part, why I’m surprised at Gen Z’s dismissal of Holden Caulfield as a whiny white rich-kid hypocrite.

From Salon Jul. 25, 2026

After dismissal, Ella and Brigit went to the Arcanum menagerie.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Hours before Clayton's confirmation vote, Pulte boasted that a fifth round of dismissals would bring staffing reductions at the intelligence coordinating body to about 30 percent within weeks.

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

The program’s star correspondent Scott Pelley was fired last month after he confronted management over the dismissals of executive producer Tanya Simon and his on-air colleagues Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

“I can’t imagine how many dismissals that have occurred, where people just accept it as the final word by the government,” Goldstein said.

From Salon Mar. 13, 2026

The military caucus accounts for more than one-third of lawmaker dismissals this term, far surpassing any other delegation.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 8, 2026

Who knows how many quarrels, false accusations, unnecessary dismissals, how many promising careers cut short can be attributed to a butler's slovenliness at the stage of drawing up the staff plan?

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro




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