as in dismissal
the termination of the employment of an employee or a work force often temporarily
the landscaping company usually has to put most of its personnel on furlough during the extremely slow winter months
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as in to excess
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as in to bum
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Recent Examples of furlough
Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
Editor's Note: This story was updated to include RFE/RL furloughs.
—Sara Fischer, Axios, 1 Apr. 2025
Zachery Eanes, Axios, 11 Mar. 2025
During a government shutdown, all government workers deemed nonessential are furloughed until a deal is reached to reopen the government.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
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Noun
This two-hander zooms in on the relationship of two cousins, one on a three-day furlough from prison to attend a family funeral.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
Editor's Note: This story was updated to include RFE/RL furloughs.
—Sara Fischer, Axios, 1 Apr. 2025
Verb
The latest: The funding cuts for USAID have forced both to furlough hundreds of employees indefinitely.
FHI 360 said this week that 45% of the organization's staff is now furloughed, including 370 people based in North Carolina.
—Zachery Eanes, Axios, 11 Mar. 2025
During a government shutdown, all government workers deemed nonessential are furloughed until a deal is reached to reopen the government.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for furlough
Noun
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The dismissal of acting director Cameron Hamilton on May 8 adds to ongoing layoffs, budget cuts, grant cancellations and leadership changes at FEMA, and officials now say the agency could run out of money as soon as July.—
Hayley Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2025
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Last month, Unilever called for the dismissal of the lawsuit.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
Verb
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Over the past few months, my wife has begun drinking to excess every evening.—
Amy Dickinson,
Washington Post,
17 July 2023
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Over the past few months my wife has begun drinking to excess every evening.—
Amy Dickinson,
Anchorage Daily News,
17 July 2023
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It is now applied to anyone who has not visited the shower trailer and is desperately trying to bum a cig.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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Grant invites Dina on the one-on-one, leaving the rest of the women feeling like this: Even though they’re bummed, the women keep their comments positive.—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
18 Feb. 2025
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If the people who are protesting the firing don’t like our government, desiring its overthrow and institution of socialism, they are encouraged to change their hearts and remain here or welcome to leave and find a nation governed to their liking.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 May 2025
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To say that the firing of Dr. Hayden — executed with the Trumpian flair for erasure — was merely political is to miss the deeper insult.—
Jack Hill,
Baltimore Sun,
17 May 2025
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Kennedy would lay off nearly all the staff who oversee the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which provides $4.1 billion in heating assistance to needy families.—
Amanda Seitz,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
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David Ryder | Getty Images News | Getty Images Microsoft is laying off 3% of its total workforce — about 6,000 people — the company said Tuesday.—
Josephine Rozzelle,
CNBC,
14 May 2025
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The entire day felt dehumanizing, as if her nearly eight years with the company, her medical problems and her physical pain had been reduced to nothing more than malingering and scattered incidents of tardiness.—
Greg Jaffe,
Anchorage Daily News,
18 June 2023
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Goldstein, who did not return a message seeking comment, practices in Chicago and has lectured on the topic of malingering, according to a resume posted online.—
Matt Hamilton,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2023
Noun
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This vignette of administrative chaos exacerbated by mass layoffs will be familiar to any federal employee or contractor whose agency has been felled of late by the whimsical machete of DOGE.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
10 May 2025
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In New Haven, a $23 million budget deficit could mean the removal of over 150 positions, including layoffs and closing vacancies.—
Jessika Harkay,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2025
Verb
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In March, steelmaker Cleveland-Cliffs idled its Dearborn operations, laying off 600, due to tariffs.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
USA Today,
7 May 2025
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Stellantis has stopped making Chrysler minivans and Dodge muscle cars in Windsor, Ontario, for two weeks, idling about 3,200 of its employees.—
Ian Austen,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Furlough.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furlough. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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