furloughs 1 of 2

noun

plural of furlough
as in dismissals
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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furloughs

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verb

present tense third-person singular of furlough
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as in excesses

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Recent Examples of furloughs
Noun
Police, firefighters, paramedics, and 911 employees are exempt from the furloughs. — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 30 June 2026 The savings the city will get from the unpaid worker furloughs during the first year of the deal — the new fiscal year starting July 1 — nearly covers the cost of the 2% raises and other benefits employees get that first year. — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2026 The furloughs come just weeks before the museum’s annual Juneteenth celebration, as well as the third anniversary of its opening on June 27. — News Desk, Artforum, 12 June 2026 Public pressure and her deteriorating health led to releases and furloughs. — Irwin Cotler, Time, 8 May 2026 In Cambodia, worker groups spoke of furloughs, cut shifts and job losses. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 28 Apr. 2026 No layoffs or furloughs are planned and vendors will be paid. — Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2026 No employee layoffs or furloughs are planned and vendors will be paid on schedule, according to QVC Group. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 17 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for furloughs
  1. dismissals
  2. downsizes
  3. bums
  4. firings
  5. axes
  6. kicks back
  7. layoffs
  8. retires
Noun
  • That led to a number of dismissals, including coach Massimiliano Allegri.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 June 2026
  • What is particularly concerning about these firings is the effect the dismissals will have on the officer ranks.
    — William H. McRaven, The Atlantic, 25 June 2026
Definition of dismissals
Verb
  • The movie follows Lee Byung-hun (Squid Game) as Yoo Man-su, a man who is fired from his job at a paper manufacturing company after an American company buys out his company and downsizes.
    — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
  • His loving, pragmatic wife, Mi-ri (Son Ye-jin), gamely downsizes their middle-class life to fit their new reality — but her resoluteness only exacerbates his despair.
    — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
Definition of downsizes
Verb
  • Critical thinking really bums them out.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Then Jason and Thor shower together, each lathering the other’s back and bums up with fewer orgasms than an old Herbal Essences commercial.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2026
Definition of bums
Noun
  • 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
Definition of firings
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  • The passed by Republicans last month axes the credits for projects that don’t begin producing electricity by 2028.
    — Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 15 Aug. 2025
Definition of axes
Verb
  • Well … that’s where my skepticism kicks back in.
    — Emma Sarappo, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026
  • With their mandatory minicamp wrapping up on Thursday, the Chicago Bears get some time to rest before offseason programming kicks back into gear.
    — Jayna Bardahl, New York Times, 11 June 2026
Definition of kicks back
Noun
  • Twenty-two percent of chief financial officers surveyed by Mercer in February said the high price of health benefits had forced them to stop hiring or led to layoffs.
    — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
  • That’s partly due to low layoffs and a still-solid labor market, though low-income households are feeling the pain of price hikes and mounting debt more so than their high-income counterparts, who have benefited from a resilient stock market.
    — Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
Definition of layoffs
Verb
  • Citation retires after the race with total earnings of $1,085,760.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
  • The city council appoints the new treasurer when one retires or steps down, per the city charter.
    — Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2026
Definition of retires

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