How to Use golden parachute in a Sentence

golden parachute

noun
  • None of this looks good, and the golden parachute clause smells bad.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Such golden parachutes are products of a cyclical paradox of sorts.
    — Steve Berkowitz, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2019
  • Presidents didn’t always leave office with a golden parachute.
    — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 15 Jan. 2021
  • And Moonves would depart with a golden parachute likely worth north of $180 million.
    — Paul Bond, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 May 2018
  • For people in poor countries with few opportunities, this dangerous job can seem like a golden parachute.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 19 Feb. 2020
  • The unanimous vote, for what critics call a golden parachute, would saddle taxpayers with untold future costs.
    — Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 19 Nov. 2019
  • Zaslav will receive a massive golden parachute when that deal closes, though the precise value will depend on a number of factors.
    — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2026
  • As is so often the case among Beltway elites, Sasse will be leaving Washington by means of a golden parachute.
    — Jack McCordick, The New Republic, 30 Dec. 2022
  • And the district did indeed stop baking an offer of a golden parachute into its contracts with top administrators.
    — oregonlive, 12 Sep. 2019
  • This shakedown was legitimate, audacious, and meant to enrich struggling youth, not provide a golden parachute.
    — Michael K. McIntyre, cleveland.com, 31 Mar. 2018
  • Perhaps, the sweet spot for providing versus expending should widen just a bit, and golden parachutes for today’s CEOs could stand to shrink a little.
    — Shakeel Ahmed, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The expansion of unemployment, initially seen as an exigent backstop, was now portrayed as a golden parachute that encouraged people not to work.
    — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Executives often revise their change-in-control packages, sometimes referred to as golden parachutes, when there is takeover interest in their companies.
    — Nathan Becker, WSJ, 5 Dec. 2017
  • Over the years, messy planning has led to controversial, costly golden parachutes, shareholder lawsuits, a stockholder revolt and a bitter, distracting proxy fight.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Some golden parachutes are reasonable, but plenty have been criticized, going to CEOs who only worked a short period or who performed poorly.
    — The Motley Fool, Dallas News, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Landry further vowed that Kelly’s successor would not receive a similarly extravagant golden parachute.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 1 Dec. 2025
  • But the impending layoffs have become a lightning rod issue because of Neumann's golden parachute included with the SoftBank bailout.
    — Sara Ashley O'Brien, CNN, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Right now, Activision Blizzard is in the midst of a sale to Microsoft — a sale that was thought might save the company from its sordid present and Kotick himself via golden parachute.
    — Ash Parrish, The Verge, 1 June 2023
  • Just before Thanksgiving, before the Zaslav meeting, before any rumors of a Skydance dance, Paramount stock rallied thanks to a golden parachute.
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Jan. 2024
  • By denying Freixe a golden parachute, the Swiss food giant signaled that boards are starting to treat reputational risk as seriously as financial risk, and that missteps at the top no longer guarantee a cushy landing.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
  • That’s extremely low for corporate America but in line with the small support for Zaslav’s golden parachute if and when WBD’s merger with Paramount closes.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 12 June 2026
  • But investors weren’t OK with the lavish golden parachutes that CEO David Zaslav and other WBD top brass are set to receive through the merger.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The 11% tuition increase had become a point of contention for university students angered at how trustees gifted a substantial golden parachute to outgoing President Rahmat Shoureshi.
    — oregonlive.com, 13 June 2019
  • Members of the transition are being accused of prioritizing their hold on power, and in some cases negotiate what critics describe as golden parachutes with cash payouts, ministerial appointments and immunity from charges of corruption.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
  • And with former Viacom International chief Bakish counting his golden parachute severance pay, there is no one (and no reason) to protect any underperforming overseas businesses.
    — Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 12 June 2024
  • Additionally, Allbirds is not required to hold a stockholder advisory vote on executive compensation or previously unapproved golden parachute payments.
    — David Trainer, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2021
  • Landry’s substantial golden parachute is likely to draw scrutiny from lawmakers and higher education watchdogs as Florida Republicans continue to push universities to demonstrate tighter oversight of spending and administration costs.
    — Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 19 May 2026
  • During Paramount’s 44-minute shareholder meeting, several investor proposals, including measures to provide clarity on the use of artificial intelligence and restrictions on golden parachutes for key executives, were rejected.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024

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