terminate
Example Sentences
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“In the unlikely event that you ever need to terminate the trust, you may do so if the trustees and beneficiaries agree.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026
Ms. Kwok was listed as the beneficiary, and a court ruled this month that in moving to terminate it Mr. Kwok had unlawfully sought to handle the funds of an “absconder.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
Discovery board is now free to terminate its agreement with the streaming giant and proceed with Paramount.
From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026
"Sometimes we'll have to call the pursuit off - terminate it - because it's just too dangerous."
From BBC • Feb. 17, 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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