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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shake-ups
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To have any hope of a successful turnaround, Spring felt that Macy’s needed a cultural reset first, to inspire a workforce battered by years of falling revenue, store closings, and staff reductions, and get buy-in to his strategy.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025 -
McKinley County's poor infrastructure reflects its disproportionately high poverty rate — triple the national average — stemming in part from the closings of mines, power plants and oil refineries.—
Tyler Kingkade,
NBC news,
14 Oct. 2025
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Pandemic wide shutdowns further fueled a crowd that was eager for live events.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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Vought and his colleagues at the center also worked closely with the House Freedom Caucus to urge other congressional Republicans to use government shutdowns as a way of forcing through major policy changes.—
Andy Kroll,
ProPublica,
18 Oct. 2025
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Trade unions are few and attempts to organize are met with threats, firings and, in some cases, violence, the workers said.—
Ladan Anoushfar,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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During the McCarthy era, firings came by memo, not trial.—
Alexis Coe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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