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terminate

[tur-muh-nayt] / ˈtɜr məˌneɪt /


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"We have not and do not terminate any of our employees for raising concerns," the statement said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Zimbabwe Power Company, the state-owned utility that awarded the contract, sought to terminate it when Intratrek failed to deliver, but the courts ultimately ruled that the agreement remained valid.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

A German union warned of a potential conflict with Volkswagen VOW3 -0.82%decrease; red down pointing triangle after the carmaker said Wednesday that it plans to terminate a number of wage agreements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

The agreement says the EPA “will not terminate, indefinitely suspend, or disallow costs for a covered grant.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 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

Pyburn, who also went undrafted after playing three years at Florida and his senior year at LSU, can regain his college eligibility if he terminates his contract with the Bucs and repays earnings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

The risks include the possibility of deportation, or that an employer terminates a worker after discovering they don’t have valid work authorization.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

Check the conditions of your mother’s timeshare to see if the contract terminates upon her death.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 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

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

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater

The law firm then terminated the contract in July, according to a document viewed by The Times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

“They literally just said, ‘I can’t do this,’” she said, adding that the person terminated the contract.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

His contract was terminated two months after he first raised concerns, but Soho House said this was unrelated to his complaints.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

While ProPublica was reporting this story, Damen terminated its agreement with Dans, which would have paid him if the company got a contract to build an icebreaker.

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026

At last she reached the end, where the tunnel terminated abruptly in a wooden hatch.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

In certain ciliates, stop codons have evolved to specify amino acids instead of terminating protein production.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Anthropic deserves credit for detecting these operations, terminating their accounts, and sharing what it learns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Fully insured, state-regulated plans require insurers to give you written notice before terminating coverage — usually 30 or 60 days.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 12, 2026

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

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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