terminate
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She said, come Friday afternoon, she would have to terminate the staff working on the program that they’d spent 20 years developing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
“You may incur substantial fees if you terminate your lease before the end of your initial lease term,” Apple said in its press release.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
In a separate statement, Vault acknowledged Regis’s decision and said it intends to terminate their deal and enter into a definitive agreement with Genesis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
The restructuring plan forecasts the business will end up with 302 stores depending on how many landlords exercise their rights to terminate the lease instead of accepting reduced rents.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Neal moved to Ascend Communications, which built little boxes to terminate Internet signals and was acquired by Lucent Technologies in 1999 for $24 billion, one of the largest acquisitions in history.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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It terminates when he turns 80 — or at least the cost increases astronomically at that point; I can’t remember which.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026
With the enhanced terms, Paramount has offered to pay the $2.8 billion breakup fee as soon as Warner terminates its deal with Netflix, Cardinale said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
The Department of Energy terminates a grant for a battery cathode grade lithium hydroxide manufacturing facility.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025
Due to planned rail works, the cross border route to Dublin terminates at Drogheda with a bus replacement taking passengers the rest of the journey.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2025
The route terminates at the city’s southeast border, close to Richard’s house.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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England midfielder Jordan Henderson has joined Chelsea on a two-year deal after after his contract with Brentford was mutually terminated.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
His employment contract didn’t spell out what he would be owed if he were terminated, according to the suit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
On Friday, rescue operations were terminated at a paper factory where a smokestack collapsed.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
A recent project study assumed a processing toll with Glencore that will now be terminated, Redfern notes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Alba spent two days in bed, during which the student strike was peacefully terminated.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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A spokeswoman for Cornyn was quoted by US media as saying he had reached an agreement with the Department of Justice over "permanently terminating" the anti-weaponization fund and clarifying the scope of the audit settlement.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
He has mused about terminating the agreement altogether.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
In focusing on elective abortion procedures, the court didn’t address all procedures for terminating a pregnancy.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026
After the couple read the results, Jesse said that they’d discussed beforehand whether they’d consider terminating the pregnancy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
With a second equivocal report in hand, Bush was on the verge of terminating fission research altogether as a war program.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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