SACKINGS Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

sackings

noun

plural of sacking

as in dismissals

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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

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No amount of macho beatdowns in the UFC cage matches on the White House lawn will make anyone forget Epstein’s depredations.

— Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 18 June 2026
The striped bass shark depredations have also been occurring off Chatham’s Monomoy Island — a hotspot for seals, which attract great white sharks.

— Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 15 June 2026

Definition of depredations

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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

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

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