Thesaurus results for SICK-OUT

sick-out

noun

Definition of sick-out

as in sit-down

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Recent Examples of sick-out Last season, Maggie faced nursing union negotiations, culminating in a sick-out. — Claire Franken, TVLine, 28 Aug. 2025 Maggie’s major Season 10 storyline involved the tense nursing union negotiations at the hospital, which culminated in a sick-out. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025 Earlier this month, hundreds of Metro bus riders staged a sick-out in protest of the rising number of assaults among their ranks carried out by passengers. — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024 The decision came less than a week after more than 100 teachers staged a sick-out, part of a citywide day of action by educators and staff regarding the payroll problems. — Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Mar. 2024

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Noun

Ahead of the sit-down dinner and ceremony, guests such as Storm Reid, Christine Quinn, Jurnee Smollett, and Lukas Gage trickled in from the rainy outdoors over an hour or so, greeted inside with Casamigos cocktails, filet mignon canapés, and more.

— Jamila Stewart, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2023
News in the sit-down, which was recorded on March 15.

— Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2023

Definition of sit-down

Noun

That reflects a long-running slowdown in home construction driven by rising expenses from materials and labor as well as changes in local zoning and permitting rules and lingering scars from the 2008 subprime mortgage collapse.

— Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
Cramer said investors were too focused on a slowdown in order growth after an exceptionally strong stretch.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 16 July 2026

Definition of slowdown

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Also Tuesday, opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and dozens of his Congress party lawmakers staged a sit-in protest outside Modi’s residence, marking a dramatic escalation.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
The next day, advocates held a sit-in inside the governor’s office to protest.

— Jo Yurcaba, NBC news, 18 July 2026

Definition of sit-in

Noun

The pilots’ job action was in protest of the Belgian government’s reforms to federal pensions.

— Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
The job action shut down the entirety of New Jersey Transit’s rail service, from the foothills of the Shawangunk Mountains in New York to Atlantic City — including, most notably, trains into and out of Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan.

— Dan Barry, New York Times, 18 May 2025

Definition of job action

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Kenney said the Cubs aren’t building in a contingency in case the All-Star Game is affected by a lockout.

— Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026
The league has a plan for how to handle talking publicly about the negotiation for the next collective bargaining agreement between the league and players, which is essentially guaranteed to result in a lockout this offseason.

— Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 17 July 2026

Definition of lockout

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