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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lockouts
Noun
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Hiring slowdowns largely reflected businesses funding significant investments in AI with aggregated hiring savings as opposed to replacing specific jobs with AI (which may come later).
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During expansions, consumers and businesses are more willing to commit to major purchases; during slowdowns, those same purchases are often among the first to be delayed.
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The same groups organized walkouts in 2024 and 2025.
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Hundreds of South African garment workers have staged walkouts to protest the mass firing of co-workers from neighboring countries like Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, warning that rising anti-immigrant sentiment could jeopardize the livelihoods of both locals and migrants.
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“Lockouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lockouts. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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