pink slip
noun
: a notice from an employer that a recipient's employment is being terminated
pink-slip
transitive verb
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But such a bold move could very well lead to Johnson getting a pink slip from his caucus, as his Speakership barely happened, and only then with Trump’s intervention.
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Philip Elliott, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
Howard may be saved, but Health and Human Services gave 16 of the program’s 86 staff members pink slips, informing them that their positions would be terminated, advocates said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2025
And getting a pink slip is merely a speed bump in her journey.
—Rosemary Rossi, Variety, 27 Mar. 2025
But a pink slip with three games left?
—Troy Renck, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2025
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Philip Elliott, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
Howard may be saved, but Health and Human Services gave 16 of the program’s 86 staff members pink slips, informing them that their positions would be terminated, advocates said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2025
And getting a pink slip is merely a speed bump in her journey.
—Rosemary Rossi, Variety, 27 Mar. 2025
But a pink slip with three games left?
—Troy Renck, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Apr. 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 19 Apr. 2025.
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