as in to sack
to let go from office, service, or employment
the company pink-slipped 300 workers in an effort to avoid bankruptcy
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Recent Examples of pink-slip
Brent Lang, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025
Edsource, Daily News, 16 Mar. 2026
Statewright coached at Gateway for nine seasons, but was given a pink slip after going 4-18 in 2017-18.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2026
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Verb
The company is pink-slipping 15% of its staff, according to a source with knowledge of the cuts.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
In Sacramento City Unified, everyone working in the district office, including the interim superintendent, was issued a pink slip.
—Edsource, Daily News, 16 Mar. 2026
Statewright coached at Gateway for nine seasons, but was given a pink slip after going 4-18 in 2017-18.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pink-slip
Verb
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United also won the FA Cup under Erik ten Hag in 2024 though he was sacked later that year and replaced by Ruben Amorim, who himself was dismissed in January 2026.—
Sam Joseph,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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Starmer sacked Mandelson last September after a trove of emails revealed the depth of his ties with Epstein.—
Elizabeth Piper,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
Noun
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Cohutta Police Department vehicles CBS News Atlanta Town attorney Bryan Rayburn later told the council the firings did not follow the town charter, which requires 30 days' notice before employees can be suspended or removed.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
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According to the team, the firing shook the control hut as a long stream of flame burst from the copper engine.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
18 May 2026
Verb
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The court recommended that the petition be dismissed, and that the organizations be given one month to submit the employee lists.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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Even the foundations of today’s artificial intelligence boom were laid by the NSF in the 1980s and 1990s, when neural networks were a backwater dismissed by mainstream computer science.—
Gautam Mukunda,
Twin Cities,
14 May 2026
Noun
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Rocky, meanwhile, wore a camel trench over a gray tee, along with black jeans and combat boots.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
17 May 2026
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Some patients with bunions, hammertoes, or Morton’s neuroma (which can cause a sensation that feels like a pebble in your shoe) require boots with a wider toe box.—
Francesca Krempa,
Travel + Leisure,
16 May 2026
Verb
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According to police, the suspects allegedly stole multiple vehicles throughout the spree and fired shots at apartment complexes, homes, pedestrians and two fire stations.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
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Though OpenAI was making progress on research and development, Musk had demanded that Altman and other co-founders, including Brockman and Ilya Sutskever, make a list of employees and their key contributions, and fire everyone who didn't immediately make the grade, filings show.—
Ashley Capoot,Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
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Mattis got the bum's rush treatment from Obama, too.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
15 Mar. 2018
Verb
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The hard-throwing Gorajski retired 15 of 16 batters, 13 via strikeouts.—
Tony Baranek,
Chicago Tribune,
12 May 2026
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Boone’s words proved prescient, as Weathers, just a tad trimmer, retired 13 straight Baltimore batters following a game-opening walk.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
12 May 2026
Noun
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This downsizing of operations at Old Trafford coincided with the most downsized season since the start of the First World War, though, and next term will be a greater test of United’s streamlined operations.—
Mark Critchley,
New York Times,
3 May 2026
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The downsizing of the district’s operations will largely fund the 5% increases, Licata said.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Pink-slip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pink-slip. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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