demotions

plural of demotion
as in firings
the act or an instance of bringing to a lower grade or rank anyone who objects will get a demotion

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Recent Examples of demotions Other penalties include fines up to $1000 or demotions. Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025 Some of the agents had been reassigned earlier this year, in what were widely seen as demotions, The Washington Post reported. Huo Jingnan, NPR, 27 Sep. 2025 The airline has already announced furloughs and demotions of hundreds of pilots. Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025 But in late July, the company announced another round of pilot furloughs and demotions — the third since September. Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025 Payne said several other employees were disciplined, including demotions and suspensions, after the May incident. Arkansas Online, 11 Aug. 2025 The risk indicators range from declining performance rating to demotions, from threats of violence to suicidal ideation to criminal behavior. Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for demotions
Noun
  • Trade unions are few and attempts to organize are met with threats, firings and, in some cases, violence, the workers said.
    Ladan Anoushfar, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
  • During the McCarthy era, firings came by memo, not trial.
    Alexis Coe, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Administration has also issued reductions in force at agencies such as the Treasury Department and Health and Human Services, firing more than four thousand workers—an unprecedented action during a shutdown.
    Emma Green, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The job reductions are scattered throughout NBC News.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Commissioners Rebecca Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya have challenged their dismissals as unlawful.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Former agency employees doubted the administration’s claim that some dismissals were caused by coding errors.
    Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Demotions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demotions. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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