pink slip
noun
: a notice from an employer that a recipient's employment is being terminated
pink-slip
transitive verb
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Ava might've been given the pink slip on Abbott Elementary, but Janelle James, the actress behind the beloved sitcom character, sees green pastures ahead.
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EW.com, 27 Mar. 2025
So every other stop he’s had, it’s taken a few years to get from the team’s high to the pink slip.
—Arthur Staple, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Many of the layoff notices are eventually rescinded after school districts review their credentials, retirement notices and enrollment numbers, but the pink slips have been found to reduce teacher recruitment and retention.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
So sending pink slips to all of them would save taxpayers $245.8 billion a year in federal salaries.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
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EW.com, 27 Mar. 2025
So every other stop he’s had, it’s taken a few years to get from the team’s high to the pink slip.
—Arthur Staple, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Many of the layoff notices are eventually rescinded after school districts review their credentials, retirement notices and enrollment numbers, but the pink slips have been found to reduce teacher recruitment and retention.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
So sending pink slips to all of them would save taxpayers $245.8 billion a year in federal salaries.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pink slip
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“Pink slip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pink%20slip. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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