sick-out

noun

Definition of sick-outnext
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sick-out
  1. sit-down
  2. slowdown
  3. sit-in
  4. job action
  5. lockout
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
  • The seven new sit-down restaurants are serving an impressive mix of Italian, Eastern European, Brazilian, French and Mexican food.
    — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2023
Definition of sit-down
Noun
  • As for footwear sales in the region, the second quarter saw a slowdown of sales of high-heat product, alongside tougher comparatives and ongoing softness in end-of-cycle footwear product lines.
    — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The production slowdown was deepened by a shortage of raw plastic materials, triggered by ongoing shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, which cut off petrochemical exports to North Africa for bottle manufacturing.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of slowdown
Noun
  • She also was arrested for staging a sit-in at the governor’s office to protest that redistricting plan, which DeSantis championed.
    — Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026
  • When a 1977 Guillermo Vilas match was shifted to the evening, fans staged a sit-in and threw objects at the court.
    — Ben Ryder Howe, Curbed, 21 Aug. 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
Noun
  • His call-up to the 40-man roster, however, means the Mariners cannot contact him during a potential December 1st lockout, which could hinder his development.
    — Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Moreover, doing so may be all the more complicated this offseason by a potential lockout as of December 1 amid negotiations for baseball’s next Collective Bargaining Agreement.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of lockout

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“Sick-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sick-out. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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