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ADJECTIVE
discharged
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK


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Appeared in the December 6, 2025, print edition as 'A President’s Right to Say ‘You’re Fired’'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Fired in part by the generative AI surge, competition is heating up to dominate automated driving.

From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025

Fired workers included about eight staffers at Santa Monica Mountains near L.A. and six at Channel Islands.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2025

Fired from a TV show due to falling ratings, Sparkle goes to extreme lengths to create a perfect version of herself.

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2024

Fired up with the conviction that their cause was a noble one and the enemy an aggressor, they joined the colors and went to war.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman




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