Thesaurus results for FIRINGS

firings

noun

plural of firing

as in shots

a directed propelling of a missile by a firearm or artillery piece found a flaw in the gun's firing

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Recent Examples of firings The hearing arrived at a tumultuous time for the Justice Department, with mass firings and resignations hollowing out the workforce and Democrats and other critics raising alarms that Blanche is still functioning as the president’s personal lawyer. — Eric Tucker, Fortune, 15 July 2026 Kids who grew up near those hills remember the rumble and roar of Rocketdyne testing another rocket engine and the cloudbanks of smoke from the test firings. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026 Her effort to reshape coverage has been met with a series of controversies, including firings and fiery resignations by CBS journalists accusing her of bias, which the network and Weiss deny. — David Folkenflik, NPR, 13 July 2026 During last year's record-breaking government shutdown, the department laid them all off – only to have their firings reversed. — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 11 July 2026 The firings have been paused by litigation, but the White House is now refusing to fund the agency. — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026 Widmar’s exit also follows Hegseth’s firings of top lawyers for the Army, Air Force and Navy last year. — Raquel Rutledge, ProPublica, 8 July 2026 Such blindsiding firings aren't limited to struggling employees; experienced professionals and executives are also abruptly dismissed due to shifting business priorities, restructuring, or leadership changes. — Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026 Francisco Lindor had been through managerial firings before with the New York Mets. — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 27 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for firings

Noun

Raynaud attempted only two shots and didn’t make either one while committing five turnovers in nine scoreless minutes.

— Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
One of the best things about this episode’s edit is the sharp contrast between the players’ breathless race up and down the line of rooms and shots of the more relaxed atmosphere in any room that isn’t actively in use.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 July 2026

Definition of shots

Noun

This makes operando neutron powder diffraction an invaluable tool for tracking structural changes as a battery actually charges and discharges.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026
Jones told the jury that gun safety experts will testify to the weapon’s history of false discharges and design problems, claims that the manufacturer, Sig Sauer, has repeatedly denied.

— Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 27 May 2026

Definition of discharges

Noun

Under rural Spanish skies, particularly in dark-sky regions away from towns and cities, observers could see 30 to 50 meteors per hour, with occasional bursts producing even more.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 14 July 2026
When the aorta bursts, blood rushes through the tear, which often leads to sudden death.

— Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 13 July 2026

Definition of bursts

Noun

These strategic American missile defenses, in Israel and elsewhere in the region, significantly boosted Israeli defenses against Iranian barrages during that war.

— Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Once relying on its massive missile arsenal, advances in Israeli intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance have neutered its previous strategy of relying on simultaneous barrages of missiles to overwhelm Israeli missile defenses.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 24 June 2026