terminate
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Manchester United will not terminate the registration of academy forward JJ Gabriel, 16, meaning he will not be able to leave the club until January, as Barcelona and Paris St-Germain seek to reach an agreement.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
The company’s Claude chatbot has the ability to terminate conversations with abusive users.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026
The vote of five siblings to sell the shares triggered the termination clause in the trust, and the filing argues that the trust doesn’t grant trustees discretion to disregard a valid vote to terminate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Because of both legal and reputational risks, frontier AI providers in the U.S. have incentives to monitor activity, refuse assistance and terminate malicious accounts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 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
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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
Meta also has provided what is called a residual-value guarantee to cover bondholders for the full amount owed if Meta doesn’t renew its lease or terminates early.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
Meta is also on the hook with its promise to pay back investors in the Hyperion joint venture if it terminates its leases early.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 8, 2025
The Department of Energy terminates a grant for a battery cathode grade lithium hydroxide manufacturing facility.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 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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When Farah Sharghi was laid off from Uber in 2020, the company demanded she and other terminated employees return their laptops.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026
The letter indicated that 572 employees will be terminated, including 459 harvesters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Many beneficiaries, meanwhile, will need to shop for 2027 coverage because their current plans are being terminated.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
He was arrested by the FBI on 9 October and his contract with OpenAI was terminated.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 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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“By originating and terminating Orange County Line trains at Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo, Metrolink can maintain a more predictable schedule for customers across the system,” Metrolink said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
In certain ciliates, stop codons have evolved to specify amino acids instead of terminating protein production.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
The company said earlier this month that it is terminating several previously announced deals with Crypto.com following of a nearly year-long slump in digital assets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 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
The thundering above woke her, terminating the void.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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