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terminate

[tur-muh-neyt] / ˈtɜr məˌneɪt /


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

From Los Angeles Times 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

Getty Images plans to terminate its merger agreement with Shutterstock after a U.K. regulator said the latter company must sell its editorial business in order for the merger to be approved.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

And the decision to terminate a Fed official can be reviewed by a court—another aspect that was contested by the government.

From Barron's Jun. 29, 2026

If we became free of disease, we would make a much better run of it for the last decade or so, but might still terminate on about the same schedule as now.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

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

From MarketWatch Mar. 16, 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

It maintains Andriesz's employment was terminated after he refused to follow medical advice, declined to perform essential job duties, rejected reasonable accommodation, and ultimately abandoned his role.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

The Indian government notified the Delhi Gymkhana Club in May that its lease had been terminated and it would take over the land.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Since then, Congress has created dozens of agencies whose leaders could not be terminated at the White House’s whim.

From Slate Jun. 29, 2026

To be honest, though, since the 40-year bond rally terminated in 2020, investors who ply their trade on the fixed-income side of the ledger have become accustomed to driving under a yellow flag.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

Far more species have become extinct in the history of the Earth than exist today; they are the terminated experiments of evolution.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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

But Verra surprised the market on Tuesday when it announced that Avis Budget was terminating its contract.

From Barron's May 28, 2026

It reached the point where Slot and the Liverpool hierarchy were more than fine with Salah terminating his contract a year early, to leave on a free this summer.

From BBC May 23, 2026

The thundering above woke her, terminating the void.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead




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