as in dismissal
the termination of the employment of an employee or a work force often temporarily
the landscaping company usually has to put most of its personnel on furlough during the extremely slow winter months
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as in to excess
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as in to bum
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Recent Examples of furlough
Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 7 Mar. 2025
If that’s not enough, Wayne Cascio says companies should attempt to reduce hours or initiate furloughs (a temporary unpaid leave of absence) rather than layoffs.
—Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 7 Mar. 2025
Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2025
Besides the 2,200 workers temporarily protected from being put on leave, the fate was not clear of others who work with the agency and have been laid off, furloughed or put on leave.
—Michael Kunzelman, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Cascio says that a survey from the Society for Human Resources Management found that a majority of firms enacted furloughs or cut travel and employee perks before laying off workers.
—Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 7 Mar. 2025
If that’s not enough, Wayne Cascio says companies should attempt to reduce hours or initiate furloughs (a temporary unpaid leave of absence) rather than layoffs.
—Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 7 Mar. 2025
Verb
Additionally, at least one group, Democracy International, an international development company that conducts projects for USAID, has had to furlough all 95 of its U.S.-based workers and 93% of its employees working on USAID projects in overseas offices, Wirth said.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2025
Besides the 2,200 workers temporarily protected from being put on leave, the fate was not clear of others who work with the agency and have been laid off, furloughed or put on leave.
—Michael Kunzelman, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for furlough
Noun
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The defendants will answer Gastineau’s complaint and motion for its dismissal.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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However, judges in separate cases have ordered officials at the National Labor Relations Board and Merit Systems Protection Board to be reinstated after similar dismissals, signaling continued legal battles over Trump’s authority to reshape independent agencies.—
Kaelan Deese,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
12 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Over the past few months, my wife has begun drinking to excess every evening.—
Amy Dickinson,
Washington Post,
17 July 2023
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Over the past few months my wife has begun drinking to excess every evening.—
Amy Dickinson,
Anchorage Daily News,
17 July 2023
Verb
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Journey fans were bummed when their favorite band had to hot-foot it off the stage on Friday (March 14) just five songs into their set at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo at NRG Stadium.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
17 Mar. 2025
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Yoshi’s bummed about being denied a puppy by her parents, tempers her anger and fills the void with a scavenger hunt in her backyard that turns up a lizard (Laggie) and a cricket (Grillo).—
Catharine Kaufman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Court records state that CREW filed a FOIA requests to gather information on actions taken by the U.S. DOGE Service regarding significant changes and firings within federal programs early in President Donald Trump's second term.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Mar. 2025
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Opposition politicians criticized Netanyahu and suggested that Bar’s firing would be a politically motivated move.—
Mitchell McCluskey,
CNN,
16 Mar. 2025
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For example, Johns Hopkins University is having to lay off over 2,000 people after $800 million in grants to the institution’s investigators were basically yanked, as Kanishka Singh reported for Reuters.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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According to a memo circulated among agency heads and previously reported by USA TODAY, the VA plans to lay off at least 76,000 more workers, which lawmakers and advocates fear could devastate the already short-staffed agency.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA TODAY,
16 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The entire day felt dehumanizing, as if her nearly eight years with the company, her medical problems and her physical pain had been reduced to nothing more than malingering and scattered incidents of tardiness.—
Greg Jaffe,
Anchorage Daily News,
18 June 2023
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Goldstein, who did not return a message seeking comment, practices in Chicago and has lectured on the topic of malingering, according to a resume posted online.—
Matt Hamilton,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2023
Noun
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Councilmember Roger Dickinson said his preference is to choose strategies that have minimal effect on city employees, meaning reductions that don’t result in layoffs.—
Mathew Miranda,
Sacramento Bee,
11 Mar. 2025
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The still-low unemployment rate hides the bleak new reality for employees: rising fears of layoffs, uncertainty about the health of employers' business, and plummeting hope of finding other work.—
Courtenay Brown,
Axios,
11 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Used cars will go up big and auto plants will be idled like mad.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
16 Mar. 2025
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Their boat was found idling in circles, sparking a massive search.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Furlough.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furlough. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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