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
Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Spirit’s cost-cutting efforts continued after emerging from bankruptcy protection in March, including plans to furlough about 270 pilots and downgrade some 140 captains to first officers in the coming months.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025
Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
At the University of Washington, the renewal of 73 federal grants totaling over $61 million was delayed as of April, leading to furloughs and layoffs, court documents reveal.
—ProPublica, 21 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Getty Images Key Facts Last Friday, Spirit Airlines filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time in less than a year after spending months selling assets, furloughing pilots and slashing routes to reduce costs.
—Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Spirit’s cost-cutting efforts continued after emerging from bankruptcy protection in March, including plans to furlough about 270 pilots and downgrade some 140 captains to first officers in the coming months.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
At the same time, tariffs and weak demand have pushed Stellantis to extend furloughs at its Termoli site in Italy.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
At the University of Washington, the renewal of 73 federal grants totaling over $61 million was delayed as of April, leading to furloughs and layoffs, court documents reveal.
—ProPublica, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for furlough
Noun
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Trump has also long been at odds with Kimmel and other late night hosts, calling for their dismissals.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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By contrast, that would be protected by the Delaware UPEPA and give the journalist a path to quick dismissal of that lawsuit.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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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
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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
Verb
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That’s what was bumming him out.—
Emily Longeretta,
Variety,
3 Sep. 2025
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To be this close over and over is really bumming me out.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2025
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Patel is also set to face questions on a host of other issues during his tenure at the FBI, including the firing of three senior agents who sued for reinstatement last week.—
Luke Barr,
ABC News,
16 Sep. 2025
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Cook sued over the firing, being granted a temporary restraining order by Judge Jia Cobb last week.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Managers generally lay off workers for objective and subjective reasons, said Alan Guarino, vice chairman of CEO and board services at Korn Ferry.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025
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His principal West Coast journalistic rival, the Los Angeles Times has, meanwhile, become a symbol of media fragility, having laid off 74 staffers this year alone.—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
11 Sep. 2025
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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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Bureau staff were told the group itself, already gutted as part of mass layoffs at the State Department in July, would refocus on migration diplomacy and disaster response rather than its traditional refugee focus.—
Ted Hesson,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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And while the President's budget has yet to be signed into law, protest leaders point to layoffs already underway, active spacecraft marked for premature decommission and projects halted midstream as evidence that real damage is already underway.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The San Diego State football team, idle over the weekend, has had two weeks to prepare for this weekend’s nonconference game against Cal.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Sep. 2025
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Avoid excessive idling and do not top off when refueling motor vehicles.—
Matthew Robinson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Furlough.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furlough. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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