How to Use terminate in a Sentence

terminate

verb
  • The branches of that tree terminate in flower clusters.
  • The rail line terminates in Boston.
  • You have to terminate the program before the computer will shut down properly.
  • He was terminated last month.
  • His contract was terminated last month.
  • Plans are being made to terminate unproductive employees.
  • But the library board has set the lease to terminate next year.
    — Olivia Young, CBS News, 20 June 2026
  • Forty-nine of those grants were terminated last month.
    — Nora Mabie, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The woman who filed it asked the court to terminate it a few months later.
    — Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 5 Nov. 2025
  • He was told he had been terminated for his absence.
    — Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
  • He was terminated the next day.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026
  • Pilehvar then filed a motion to terminate the case.
    — Chelsea Jones, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Their faces taper down to a point and terminate in a very powerful nose.
    — Jason Bittel, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The non-union deputies terminated are Capt.
    — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The next day, she was terminated, less than five days after her initial post.
    — Huo Jingnan, NPR, 23 June 2026
  • The couple's parental rights have since been terminated.
    — Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 13 May 2026
  • The contract was terminated in June of that year.
    — Logan Smith, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The city can terminate the agreement with a 60-day notice.
    — Claire Wang, Oc Register, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Add this to the list of reasons why the project should be terminated – and the sooner, the better.
    — Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 25 May 2026
  • The couple's parental rights have been terminated.
    — Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 17 June 2026
  • The grants that turned up were all terminated, with only a few exceptions.
    — Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2026
  • John Doe 2 was terminated a few days later.
    — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The decisions to take kids, return them or terminate parents’ rights are all made by a civil court.
    — Jayme Fraser, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Regardless, the agency did not terminate the awards a second time.
    — Anil Oza, STAT, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Courtwright was terminated five days later.
    — Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The couple’s parental rights have also been terminated.
    — Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
  • Another provision in the bill would give survivors more ways to terminate a lease.
    — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Without names or relatives, the state can move quickly to terminate rights and start the adoption process.
    — Kelsy Mittauer, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The lawsuit did not make clear why Luo, of Seattle, was terminated from his job.
    — Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
  • As with all city managers, Williams serves at the will of the commission and can be terminated at any time.
    — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2026

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