How to Use severance in a Sentence

severance

noun
  • He was fired for cause and did not receive severance.
    — Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 4 Dec. 2025
  • But those that don’t leave could be laid off without any severance.
    — Dallas News, 4 June 2020
  • The picture shifts with lump-sum severance, though.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 8 June 2026
  • Their severance has now run out and their health insurance will end next week.
    — Tucker Reals, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2020
  • Mark chose severance after a tragic loss, and the brain split works for him.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2022
  • The judge has not yet ruled on the men’s requests for dismissals and severance.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2022
  • Council agreed to pay him a severance package worth about one year's salary.
    — Cassie Dickman, Cincinnati.com, 15 Jan. 2020
  • Those who don’t make the switch will be offered severance packages.
    — Emily Bamforth, cleveland, 21 Apr. 2020
  • If one severance was legal, why not the other?
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026
  • After years of service, they had been fired and given three months’ severance.
    — Gregory Zuckerman, WSJ, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Focus on getting the severance you were promised and a great reference for a new job.
    — Amy Dickinson, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Feb. 2023
  • How much severance could Hill receive?
    — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 18 June 2026
  • Losing a job can be stressful but getting a severance check can soften the blow.
    — Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026
  • But each of those executives is set to walk away with a hefty severance package.
    — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Focus now on getting the severance you were promised along with a great reference for a new job.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Many of them may be feeling pressure to sign severance agreements to move on with the layoff.
    — Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Jagger paid off the bills, the employees’ salaries and their severance.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2022
  • The restaurant group added that those staff members were offered severance.
    — Aki Nace, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Smithfield appears to have changed its mind on the severance issue, but only in the barest of terms.
    — Rex Crum, The Mercury News, 14 June 2019
  • At that rate of pay, the severance package he had been offered was the equivalent of about six months of pay.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2022
  • Combs refused to waive her right to sue Netflix in exchange for four months severance.
    — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 July 2024
  • There have been conflicting statements about what Hogan knew about the severance and when.
    — Pamela Wood, baltimoresun.com, 2 Sep. 2020
  • The city hasn’t yet released details of any severance package for Greene.
    — oregonlive, 2 Nov. 2022
  • McGrath said in an email that the severance was a normal practice at the agency.
    — Ovetta Wiggins, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2020
  • In some cases, my clients received two incomes for a while, the severance income and the new job income.
    — Robert Hellmann, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2023
  • If there were cause for Dolson to be fired, he would not be entitled to any severance payment.
    — Stefan Krajisnik, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Sep. 2020
  • Overland Park paid the officer severance and no charges were filed in the shooting.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 11 June 2025
  • The total amount of his severance package is $105 million in cash and stock.
    — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 16 Dec. 2021
  • For instance, will the severance land in a single tax year and push your household into a higher bracket?
    — Steve Hruby, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Nov. 2025
  • He was laid off from his post as a video art director for a fashion brand in late March but received three months of severance.
    — Tami Luhby, CNN, 10 Nov. 2020

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