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redundancy

[ri-duhn-duhn-see] / rɪˈdʌn dən si /




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The NHS NSS accounts for 2025/26, external show Morgan retired under contractual redundancy terms from PSD Scotland on 3 May and received a related amount of £378,000.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

In its latest warning, BMW said its redundancy program was moving faster than expected, resulting in bigger-than-anticipated severance payments for the final quarter of the year.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

It expects to book a 175 million-euro pretax redundancy provision in the fourth quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

She says the payment she received was for redundancy back pay and settlement for personal injury caused by the process.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

The first redundancy, the reason is because, is widely disliked, because the word reason already implies that we are dealing with an explanation, and we don’t need a because to remind us.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

The changes–which will become effective in March–will lead to around 400 redundancies, ING said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

While some of the savings from up to 2,500 redundancies will be used to increase investment, Wiles tells clients in a note that he expects fiscal 2027 guidance for costs growth of less than 3%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

"While voluntary measures remain our preferred approach, we cannot rule out compulsory redundancies if the required savings are not achieved," they said.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Since then, voluntary redundancies have brought that figure down to about 50 but the sticking point is compulsory redundancies.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Speaking of redundancies, think twice before using expressions like advance reservations, final conclusion, foreign import, free gift, prerecorded, refer back, or safe haven.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner


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