as in layoffs
a period of often involuntary inactivity or idleness
during the long winter when the party was out of power, it had plenty of time to reconsider its political priorities
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Recent Examples of winters
The first winters after the Accords also brought public menorah lightings for Hanukkah, with Emiratis proudly standing by, and sometimes lighting the candles, with Jewish community leaders.
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Monica Marks, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
Another problem was winters in Grayling.
—Clare Conley, Outdoor Life, 18 Sep. 2025
This population of birds breed at nesting sites spanning California to Mexico and the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, and spend winters in South America, from Brazil to Peru.
—New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2025
New England has spent the last several years relying on aged, oil-burning power plants to help keep the lights on during cold winters and AC running during hot summers.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
Summers would have brought plentiful light and warmth, but year-round occupants of the ecosystem had to endure winters with freezing temperatures, snowfall and about four months of continuous darkness.
—Kate Wong, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2025
With cold winters and scorching summers, many wineries harvest the grapes at night when temperatures are cooler to prevent fermentation before the grapes can be processed.
—Lauren David, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
Alberta’s weather is also subject to far larger daily swings in temperature and harsher winters than Scotland, all factors that affect the flavors that are extracted from the wooden barrels.
—John Kell, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
In areas with warmer winters, overseeding keeps lawns looking green year-round.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2025
Monica Marks, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
Another problem was winters in Grayling.
—Clare Conley, Outdoor Life, 18 Sep. 2025
This population of birds breed at nesting sites spanning California to Mexico and the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, and spend winters in South America, from Brazil to Peru.
—New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2025
New England has spent the last several years relying on aged, oil-burning power plants to help keep the lights on during cold winters and AC running during hot summers.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
Summers would have brought plentiful light and warmth, but year-round occupants of the ecosystem had to endure winters with freezing temperatures, snowfall and about four months of continuous darkness.
—Kate Wong, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2025
With cold winters and scorching summers, many wineries harvest the grapes at night when temperatures are cooler to prevent fermentation before the grapes can be processed.
—Lauren David, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
Alberta’s weather is also subject to far larger daily swings in temperature and harsher winters than Scotland, all factors that affect the flavors that are extracted from the wooden barrels.
—John Kell, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
In areas with warmer winters, overseeding keeps lawns looking green year-round.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for winters
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Production shutdowns, layoffs BrightDrop's struggles come less than a year after GM folded the commercial vans into its Chevrolet brand in a bid to boost its performance as GM tries to gain ground against competitors, including Ford and Rivian, in the electric van space.—
Jackie Charniga,
Freep.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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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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The bursts of action punctuate these lulls and sync perfectly with the intro song, Shortchange Hero (by The Heavy).—
G Kirilloff,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Things got a little sparse in the middle of the maze, but a good set-up and a strong finish made up for any lulls in the action.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
5 Sep. 2025
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The average response time for phone calls dropped to 6 minutes from 30 minutes in the prior fiscal year; field office wait times decreased to 23 minutes; and removal of online service downtimes has benefited an additional 125,000 users in a single week, according to the agency's findings.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Aug. 2025
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One study found the most productive employees work in 75-minute sprints followed by 33-minute breaks.—
Jacob Kupietzky,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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The Prince and Princess of Wales are known to retreat there with their kids, Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, 7, during free weekends, school breaks and holidays, and the Georgian manor is where Kate keeps her beehives.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
18 Sep. 2025
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Here was the postwar American housewife—neatly dressed, pretty, poised, active—stepping unwittingly into a scene of utter depravity and sadism that reflected back at this wholesome young mother the darkest recesses of the human mind.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Sep. 2025
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August is typically the slowest month of the year for restaurants in Washington, as Congress recesses and families head out on last-minute vacations.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
19 Aug. 2025
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These pauses break the illusion of seamless intelligence.—
Ivo Ivanov,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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In May, Axios obtained audio from Biden's October 2023 interview with special counsel Robert Hur, which showed memory lapses and prolonged pauses.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Winters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/winters. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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