pink slip
noun
: a notice from an employer that a recipient's employment is being terminated
pink-slip
transitive verb
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The boot in question obviously isn’t a pink slip or a rejection notice.
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Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 8 May 2026
No police officers or firefighters will receive pink slips.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2026
Adopting what is usually considered a progressive stance, the world’s richest man said Uncle Sam should write fat checks to Americans to keep us living large even if platforms like Chat GPT, Claude and his own Grok spawn a torrent of pink slips.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2026
In several of the photos, Hailey could be seen wearing a vintage 1998 Christian Dior silk banana yellow and hot pink slip dress.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
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Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 8 May 2026
No police officers or firefighters will receive pink slips.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2026
Adopting what is usually considered a progressive stance, the world’s richest man said Uncle Sam should write fat checks to Americans to keep us living large even if platforms like Chat GPT, Claude and his own Grok spawn a torrent of pink slips.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2026
In several of the photos, Hailey could be seen wearing a vintage 1998 Christian Dior silk banana yellow and hot pink slip dress.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
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“Pink slip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pink%20slip. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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