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terminate

[tur-muh-neyt] / ˈtɜr məˌneɪt /


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“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

A supermajority of Anthropic PBC’s stockholders can terminate the trust and remove its appointees on the PBC board.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Weeks later, the Mountain View City Council voted to terminate its contract with Flock.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2026

Getty Images and Shutterstock both fell after Getty said it plans to terminate a merger after a U.K. antitrust regulator said Shutterstock must sell its editorial business.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

“One minute ago I was speaking on the telephone to a colleague in Droitwich. Abruptly, I was obliged to apologize, and terminate the conversation. Now. Who can guess the reason?”

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

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

A potential tenant terminates an agreement to advance up to $150 million for construction costs at Fermi’s Project Matador.

From Barron's Dec. 12, 2025

"You can't get damages for wrongful prosecution unless the case terminates in your favor, an event which here has not yet and may never occur."

From Salon Aug. 12, 2024

The route terminates at the city’s southeast border, close to Richard’s house.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater

On Friday, rescue operations were terminated at a paper factory where a smokestack collapsed.

From Barron's Aug. 1, 2026

In 2018, Qualcomm terminated its proposed purchase of Dutch chip maker NXP Semiconductors after failing to obtain clearance from China.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Department of Health and Human Services terminated its federal contract with the Washington-based Acacia Center for Justice.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 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

Blossom’s musical education was terminated then and there.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

The Polestar spokesman said it isn’t terminating dealerships and that it values its dealers and is working with them to “manage this transition.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 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

In the letter terminating Pelley's contract on Tuesday, Bilton accused him of hijacking the staff meeting to disparage Bilton, his qualificatons and intentions with "remarkable incivility and contempt".

From BBC Jun. 3, 2026

After terminating the call, Venkat opened his laptop to get back to work.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir




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