pink-slips 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of pink-slip
as in sacks
to let go from office, service, or employment the company pink-slipped 300 workers in an effort to avoid bankruptcy

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pink slips

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noun

plural of pink slip
as in boots

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Recent Examples of pink-slips
Verb
Pixar cuts are numbered to be in the high single percentile of its 1,100 staff, which translates to around or under 100 pink-slips. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 21 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pink-slips
  1. sacks
  2. boots
  3. removes
  4. firings
  5. dismisses
  6. fires
  7. retires
  8. releases
Verb
  • Manning, back for what is probably his final season, is on the short list of best returning quarterbacks in the country and edge rusher Colin Simmons won the SEC sacks title with 12.
    — Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Riley Moss sacks a scrambling Trevor Lawrence on third-and-4 for a 1-yard loss.
    — Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 21 Dec. 2025
Definition of sacks
Noun
  • Plus, the relaxed fit transcends the seasons — wear baggy jeans with a tank top and sneakers now, then a sweater and boots come fall.
    — Jill Layton, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026
  • As premier, she has rarely been seen in public wearing all-black suits and boots.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of boots
Verb
  • Critics argue that the shortcut removes the layer of oversight that protects patients from the mistakes that have shaped every prior generation of gene therapy.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The clock stops once the rider removes his hand from the rope or touches anything with his free arm.
    — Ava DiCecca, Sun Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of removes
Noun
  • Speaking in the Great Hall at the DOJ headquarters in Washington, Blanche praised career employees and sought to reassure a workforce depleted by firings and resignations and bruised by courtroom setbacks and accusations of political interference.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Blanche will do so with an agency that has been hollowed out by resignations, firings and voluntary departures while also confronting mounting pushback from the courts.
    — Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of firings
Verb
  • Rhaenyra also dismisses Mysaria, a wise move carried out in a very unwise manner, given the woman’s cunning.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • One automatically ascribes fraud to results that are often predictable, even routine; the other dismisses legitimate concerns as conspiracy theories.
    — Andrew E. Busch, The Conversation, 23 July 2026
Definition of dismisses
Verb
  • The bureau conducts its own investigation each time an agent fires a weapon.
    — Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
  • And 10 years later, DOGE actually fires hundreds of thousands of federal workers.
    — Tonya Mosley, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of fires
Verb
  • The first component of the payments, known as the normal cost, is the calculation of how much the public agency and employees must contribute to ensure there are sufficient funds after investment returns to pay pensions when a worker retires.
    — Daniel Borenstein, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The kind that walks out the door when somebody retires or leaves and is extraordinarily slow and expensive to rebuild, if it can be rebuilt at all.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of retires
Verb
  • Vuori Villa Shorts Wrinkle resistance is one thing; fabric that actually releases wrinkles is even better.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Second, and more fundamentally, limestone itself releases CO₂ when it is heated.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of releases

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“Pink-slips.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pink-slips. Accessed 16 Aug. 2026.

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