FURLOUGHING Synonyms: 111 Similar and Opposite Words

furloughing

verb

present participle of furlough

as in downsizing

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as in idling

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The layoffs added to earlier downsizing by the software giant and moves by companies that include Amazon and Oracle to shed thousands of people in the last two years.

— Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
Walgreens is closing stores across the country as part of a multiyear downsizing effort, and Missouri is not immune.

— Ahmed Jawadi, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of downsizing

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A couple blocks away there are at least nine police cars, parked, idling.

— Sydney Brownstone, NPR, 2 Aug. 2026
Effects of laws against idling In short, anti-idling laws target potentially severe pollution health risks from what is generally a wasteful practice of convenience.

— Richard Marcantonio, The Conversation, 31 July 2026

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Haskell's team is also staying high in quality and coupons, trimming lower-coupon exposures in favor of those that are upward of 5% that the firm thinks are better poised to handle periods of market uncertainty.

— Darla Mercado, CFP®, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026
Cut the fennel bulbs into quarters, trimming just a bit of the core (leave enough to hold the layers together), then slice thin.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026

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Kids who used to run to the field excited to play, suddenly started loafing to the field wearing their crocs with their heads buried in their phones.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
The pair had been loafing for some time among a grove of apple trees on a private residence in Payson.

— Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 20 Feb. 2026

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The museum replaced him with Sasha Suda, hiring her away from the National Gallery of Canada before sacking her following a disastrous rebrand and replacing her with Weiss, a former president of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.

— News Desk, Artforum, 29 July 2026
But so far, the government has decided not to intervene by sacking him and has backpedalled, allowing Russia to participate.

— Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 23 July 2026

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In his July memo, Blume said the company is considering axing a further 50,000 roles globally and closing four factories in Germany.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
For the first time since temporarily axing the base model WRX for 2025, Subaru regained traction with its sport compact, with sales jumping 50% from a year ago.

— Byron Hurd, The Drive, 4 June 2026

Definition of axing

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