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sit-down

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as in job action

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Recent Examples of sit-down 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 Unlike his sit-down restaurant in Peoria, the new concept is more casual. — Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 16 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 Pellicano’s portrait comes into focus through interviews with reporters and victims, archival photographs and footage, audio recordings of his phone calls and eventually a sit-down with the man himself, who was released from prison in 2019. — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 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

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Several artificial-intelligence stocks meanwhile held steadier following their worldwide slide the day before, after leaders of the AI industry called for a slowdown in development to address safety issues for humanity.

— Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Now Wall Street is weighing what a potential slowdown in model development could mean across the industry.

— Seema Mody, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of slowdown

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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

Definition of sympathy strike

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