dismissal
noun
an act or instance of dismissing.
dismissals
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pluralof dismissal.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The mayor said the dismissals reflected his “commitment to a new era.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Hours before Clayton's confirmation vote, Pulte boasted that a fifth round of dismissals would bring staffing reductions at the intelligence coordinating body to about 30 percent within weeks.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
The program’s star correspondent Scott Pelley was fired last month after he confronted management over the dismissals of executive producer Tanya Simon and his on-air colleagues Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
“I can’t imagine how many dismissals that have occurred, where people just accept it as the final word by the government,” Goldstein said.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2026
Who knows how many quarrels, false accusations, unnecessary dismissals, how many promising careers cut short can be attributed to a butler's slovenliness at the stage of drawing up the staff plan?
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
