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resignation

[rez-ig-nay-shuhn] / ˌrɛz ɪgˈneɪ ʃən /




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Electric motorcycle maker LiveWire announced a special restructuring committee is weighing the company’s options following the resignation of CEO Karim Donnez.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

During the course of 2025-26, 11 bosses parted company with their clubs, with only Enzo Maresca's resignation at Chelsea happening of his own accord.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

McHenry then told Front Office Sports that she signed a resignation letter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

New Zealand's Defence Minister Paul Goldsmith said the circumstances around the resignation would come as a "great disappointment" to many in the armed forces.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

“Yes, we’re off to-morrow,” said Bernard on whose face the Savage remarked a new expression of determined resignation.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

"We demand the resignations of the RTS director general, his deputy, the editors-in-chief responsible for news coverage and all news editors," the students said in a letter on Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

In recent days, the heads of leading AI developers have called for new limits and controls on advanced AI research, following a series of cybersecurity breaches and high-profile resignations designed to raise alarm bells.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

They spoke as debate over AI's risks has intensified following a string of resignations by employees at major AI labs citing safety concerns.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

Gamble's resignation reduced the panel to five but it is still able to function, and could technically continue to operate if there were two more resignations.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

At Hanawon, the resettlement center in South Korea, job counselors say that workplace paranoia, stormy resignations, and lingering feelings of betrayal are chronic problems as North Koreans adjust to new lives.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden


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