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termination

[tur-muh-nay-shuhn] / ˌtɜr məˈneɪ ʃən /


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Rios, who was fired in August and had been planning a wrongful termination lawsuit, later sought to retract her statements.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

The vote of five siblings to sell the shares triggered the termination clause in the trust, and the filing argues that the trust doesn’t grant trustees discretion to disregard a valid vote to terminate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Many utilities are raising electricity rates for data centers, requiring minimum years of service or imposing early termination fees.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

A woman whose baby was too ill to be born is calling for better awareness of choosing a termination for medical reasons.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The sealed window soothed her with its sturdy termination, its unassailable finality.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison

Last year, the Center for American Progress reported that almost half of all HBCUs had been targeted for funding terminations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Meanwhile, the right also covers women and their partners who experience a pregnancy loss, including miscarriage, terminations and unsuccessful IVF embryo transfers.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Some terminations were announced at or after the expiration date.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

The merit board alone reported 20,335 pending appeals that year, four times its usual load, filed by workers swept out in the mass terminations, and with Harris gone it could decide none of them.

From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2026

The "–cene" terminations were thus something of a compromise.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson


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