furloughing

verb

present participle of furlough
1
as in downsizing

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2
as in idling

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for furloughing
  1. downsizing
  2. idling
  3. trimming
  4. loafing
  5. sacking
  6. bumming
  7. axing
  8. dawdling
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  • The scenarios in which these tradeoffs may take place are wide-ranging, with the Anthropic researchers citing opening an auto plant, downsizing a company, and manipulating election sentiment as examples.
    — Trevor Laurence Jockims, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The brewery is scaling back its operations to maintain stability, which includes downsizing its production capacity and transitioning to a smaller facility.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of downsizing
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  • In a 2002 case, a man and a woman in Belmont Cragin were similarly found dead in an idling car inside a garage.
    — Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Companies across the industry have been idling facilities, with Suntory pausing production at one of Jim Beam’s three Kentucky distilleries to upgrade the site while demand is low.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of idling
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  • Informal ones have looser requirements and can be pruned once or twice a year with selective thinning and trimming by hand.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2026
  • From Christmas cocktails and tree-trimming ideas to gift wrapping, recipes, and musical moments, each segment adds warmth, fun, and fresh inspiration.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of trimming
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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
Definition of loafing
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  • The Dolphins' defense held, though, sacking Goff on third down to force a real punt.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The underlying data shows the Chiefs should be sacking the quarterback at a higher rate already, albeit still not near an elite rate.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of sacking
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  • Spring cleaning bumming you out?
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026
  • That’s what was bumming him out.
    — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
Definition of bumming
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  • The airline had previously offered service from San Antonio to Toronto before axing it in 2019.
    — Richard Webner, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Netflix is laying off around 1,000 employees, around 6% of its workforce, in what marks the company’s largest axing to date.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of axing
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  • Gvardiol looked jittery early on, rallied a little to break up some dangerous Porto attacks, but then started giving the ball away again and was booked for a needless pull after being caught dawdling in possession.
    — Thom Harris, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Further, there’s no excuse for Congress to continue dawdling on farm policy.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
Definition of dawdling
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