severance

noun

Definition of severancenext
as in divorce

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Recent Examples of severance Part-time and full-time employees have both been offered severance in two installments, according to the employees interviewed. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 16 July 2026 The mother is such an integral part of the daughter’s consciousness that severance is impossible. — Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026 His termination stemmed from an internal dispute with CBS leadership, USA TODAY learned on June 2, which left him without severance or other benefits effective immediately. — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 1 July 2026 The filing, submitted Wednesday in Cabarrus Superior Court and first reported by The Cabarrus Compass, is the county’s first formal rebuttal to Newton’s lawsuit seeking severance after he was fired just five months into the job. — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 26 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for severance
Recent Examples of Synonyms for severance
  1. divorce
  2. breakup
  3. dissolution
  4. split
  5. estrangement
  6. alienation
  7. fractionation
  8. cleavage
Noun
  • Either way, the legal fight between Gerhardt and Arielle Konig will continue, as their divorce is still pending.
    — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Alcoholics Anonymous, which Pitt attended for 18 months after Jolie filed for divorce in 2016, sees sobriety as all-or-nothing with no exceptions, Schrank pointed out.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of divorce
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  • Avoiding a court case also helped keep the the reason behind their breakup a mystery, though both have since hinted that the burden of fame and the constant pressure of being in the spotlight were more than the couple could bear.
    — Francesca Pellegrini, Vanity Fair, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Safety DeShon Singleton registered a 7-on-7 breakup against Fields.
    — Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of breakup
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  • Add to that simple arithmetic of spouses, divorces and outlier legal risks, and one of the primary forces for the dissolution of previous wealth or company control becomes self-evident.
    — Radu Magdin, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Goodman laments the dissolution of the Creative Alliance and the incendiary action of its former participants.
    — Kyle MacNeill, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of dissolution
Noun
  • That's where an 80-foot-tree split after the round of storms just a couple of weeks ago.
    — Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The split comes amid frustrations over a lack of spending on player signings.
    — Emily Olsen, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of split
Noun
  • Most Deep Purple fans had long since given up any hope of seeing the band ever share a stage with founding guitarist Ritchie Blackmore again, due to a well-know, decades-long estrangement.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026
  • After a few years of estrangement, Tallulah and Moore have since reconciled — and Tallulah has gained a greater understanding of everything Moore had been through.
    — Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of estrangement
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  • The album’s title references the zero interest rate era that fueled Silicon Valley’s startup boom, with Smith using that economic shorthand as a lens for examining technology, streaming culture and modern alienation.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Alienation, not indifference Research shows deep levels of alienation among Gen Z, or young people born between 1997 and 2012.
    — Evan Clarkson, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of alienation
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  • Scientists physically extract venom from a living animal, then use routine lab techniques to separate the sample into individual components, in a process known as fractionation.
    — Steve Midway, STAT, 16 July 2026
  • Decarbonizing air travel The purification and fractionation steps are being developed jointly by scientists from TU Graz, the University of Zagreb in Croatia, and Portugal’s national energy laboratory (LNEG).
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 18 Dec. 2025
Definition of fractionation
Noun
  • The beauty chose a plunging black dress that showcased her cleavage.
    — Sarah Sotoodeh , Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Dominique is in the ensemble as is a blond rube named Hunter (Kristine Froseth) who shows up at Elle’s doorstep in mall-wear denim and then upgrades to desperate, cleavage-baring sequins.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
Definition of cleavage

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