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severance

[sev-er-uhns, sev-ruhns] / ˈsɛv ər əns, ˈsɛv rəns /


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Under a collective bargaining agreement, the Assn. of Western Pulp and Paper Workers obtained benefits for those impacted, including extended medical coverage and severance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

That program, Nike said, includes around $1 billion of pre-tax charges, “primarily consisting of employee-related costs,” as well as roughly $300 million in severance costs recognized in the last fiscal year.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Those who are unable to transfer will receive severance support, Starbucks said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

The Cabinet Office's accounts, external show there was "contractual compensation" of £332,897 and "additional severance" of £526,598.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

To symbolize the complete severance from his previous life, he even adopted a new name.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

Discovery told investors that the cost of the downsizing would exceed $1 billion, to pay severances among other expenses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2023

“I asked him repeatedly if the governor had approved or knew about any of his severances or payments, and Roy repeatedly refused to say that was the case,” Mayer said Thursday.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2021

Still, newspapers with strong guilds – the New York Times and Washington Post – have seen fewer layoffs and less brutal severances, on the whole, than those without.

From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2013

Between these phases again there are no sharp severances; each phase resolves and melts imperceptibly into that which follows.

From A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson by Vincent Benson

How other nations lined up on the one side and the other is indicated by the State Department's list of war declarations, and diplomatic severances, which follows: Austria against Belgium, Aug.

From History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War by Francis Andrew March




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