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
Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 8 June 2025
Hartford Symphony Orchestra’s 2025-26 season includes a ballet, a Shakespeare play and an art show
Kuan had to be music director at a time when many of the musicians had to be furloughed due to the pandemic.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 May 2025
Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2025
How To Support Affected Staff During Restructuring During furloughs or layoffs, leaders must foster open communication and provide reassurance to ensure employees still feel valued and supported.
—Tony Butler-Sims, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
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Noun
More than 400,000 federal employees were furloughed or laid off this spring amid DOGE cuts.
—Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 8 June 2025
Hartford Symphony Orchestra’s 2025-26 season includes a ballet, a Shakespeare play and an art show
Kuan had to be music director at a time when many of the musicians had to be furloughed due to the pandemic.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 May 2025
Verb
During an interview with a Courant reporter in 2000, Meade denied killing Rayner and blamed state police inquiries for his furloughs being taken away, according to reports.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2025
How To Support Affected Staff During Restructuring During furloughs or layoffs, leaders must foster open communication and provide reassurance to ensure employees still feel valued and supported.
—Tony Butler-Sims, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for furlough
Noun
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The Justice Department’s dismissal of the charges comes as Moore started a 15-day trial earlier this week in Salt Lake City, Utah.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
12 July 2025
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President Donald Trump’s potential dismissal of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is a major and underpriced risk that could trigger a selloff in the US dollar and Treasuries, a Deutsche Bank AG strategist said.—
Christiaan Hetzner,
Fortune,
12 July 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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Paired with the gray-ish green color palette, sparse decor, and dark atmospherics in the Institute itself, the bleak vibes may be enough to turn some viewers off for good, especially those horror purists who tune in hoping to be terrified rather than just bummed out.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
13 July 2025
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In a lot of ways obviously, devastated and bummed out.—
Mike Fitzpatrick,
Baltimore Sun,
5 July 2025
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The firings come as Bondi and the agency have come under fire for not releasing any further information on the department’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.—
Maria Gracia Santillana Linares,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Supported Trump firing of more than a dozen inspectors general.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 July 2025
Verb
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In all 546 employees will be temporarily laid off in Mount Holly, with 27 affected at Daimler’s components and logistics site in Gastonia, Daimler Truck North America spokesman Andrew Johnson told The Charlotte Observer on Monday.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
14 July 2025
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On Friday, the State Department laid off the personnel in the department that helps place those refugees and other allies in the United States.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
13 July 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
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The layoffs follow a $821 million loss in the first quarter of 2025 and are part of a plan to streamline the company.—
Sasha Hupka,
AZCentral.com,
9 July 2025
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor concurred with the majority but noted that the lower courts are still responsible for determining whether the layoffs comply with the law.—
Tom Spiggle,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
Verb
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Anyone who filmed the idling trucks could claim a portion of the money collected through the fine.—
Clare Sestanovich,
New Yorker,
13 July 2025
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The clothing description of the suspect that Romero provided his fellow officers didn’t match a description provided by a witness who spotted the shooter open fire, then run into an idling car that sped him away from the shooting scene, according to Fletcher.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 July 2025
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