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Recent Examples of severance
The University of Louisville will pay out $225,000 in severance benefits to a former high-ranking administrator who left his post after spending roughly just four months on the job, according to documents obtained by The Courier Journal.
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Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 24 Oct. 2024
Noninterest expenses rose to $9.7 million from $8.9 million, primarily due to severance expenses and a fraud loss.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Others accepted four months of severance in advance instead of going through that process, according to the people familiar.
—Kali Hays, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024
The June filing said Cheeks, Robbins and McCarthy would qualify for a severance payment of twice their base pay in the increasingly likely event that the company changes hands.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2024
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The pair finalized their divorce in 2022 after battling over alimony, child support, and custody of their kids.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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Turner officially filed for divorce hours after the interview aired.Brendan Le, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024
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In a sneak peek of Special Forces: World's Toughest Test, the 33-year-old influencer got candid about the emotional toll of her breakup with the Kansas City Chiefs tight end, 35.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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After their breakup in December 2021, Leviss kept the dog before deciding to return him to Kennedy in July 2023.Rachel Flynn, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
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The filing also details the dissolution of its subsidiary, Specialty Renal Products, Inc., and the assignment of its remaining assets to Nephros.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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For the last two years, Jeff Smith’s Starboard has been mounting a campaign at the media conglomerate, seeking both the dissolution of the dual-class structure that gives the Murdoch family outsize control and for the company to split off its highly valuable online real estate business.Rohan Goswami, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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Like Lazarus, Cordella had few details about how the split would work, something that NBC’s sports rights partners are likely eager to hear more about.Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2024
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But the gender gap was among the most glaring splits, with more women backing Vice President Kamala Harris and a majority of men supporting President-elect Donald Trump.Jessica Dickler,Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2024
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Consumers are very perceptive, and this can lead to audience alienation.Emily Reynolds Bergh, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Why not stay the course and leave Penelope within the realm of ambiguous alienation?Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
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Advertisement The homeowner-renter divide was the survey’s most significant social cleavage in attitudes toward the construction of affordable housing, rent control and universal basic income, mattering more than differences in race, income and education.Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
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Fat has evolved into something of a commodity in the world of aesthetic medicine, where there’s a growing appreciation for its ability to augment—boosting volume, for example, in the cleavage or cheeks (either set)—and to improve skin quality.Taryn Brooke, Allure, 24 Oct. 2024
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The former couple's separation will be addressed on season 14 of RHOBH, which begins airing on Nov. 19.McKinley Franklin, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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Think about what a round-up and separation of your own family would look and feel like.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
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In winning support from friends and allies on export controls, outbound investment reviews, supply chain diversification, and technology bifurcation, less will be more.Richard Fontaine, Foreign Affairs, 12 July 2023
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Add to this a clearer-than-ever bifurcation between first jobs that pay a living wage and appear to have career pathways and jobs that have one or the other or neither.Ryan Craig, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Severance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/severance. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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