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sit-down

noun

Definition of sit-down

as in job action

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Recent Examples of sit-down There are no plans for a follow-on sit-down conversation. — John Hudson, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023 Unlike his sit-down restaurant in Peoria, the new concept is more casual. — Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 16 Mar. 2023 Mobay Cafe is a sit-down restaurant with a patio and bar. — Kristine M. Kierzek, Journal Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2023 There are also many talk show interviews, some enlightening and some as brutally uncomfortable as the Susskind sit-down. — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2023 See All Example Sentences for sit-down

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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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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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In 2024, following sit-in protests at Google offices in New York and Sunnyvale, the company fired approximately 28 workers who participated in demonstrations against Project Nimbus.

— Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
In 2024, 13 people were arrested during a sit-in at the university’s administrative offices, and Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen filed felony vandalism charges against 12.

— Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 14 June 2026

Definition of sit-in

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In March 2023, UTLA staged a sympathy strike, joining the three-day walkout of Local 99 of Service Employees International Union.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
The California Nurses Association had announced plans to hold a sympathy strike in solidarity.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 18 Mar. 2026

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