Thesaurus results for WINTERS

winters

noun

plural of winter

as in layoffs

a period of often involuntary inactivity or idleness during the long winter when the party was out of power, it had plenty of time to reconsider its political priorities

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Recent Examples of winters The average annual snowfall is 200 inches, but for the mild winters, Sun Valley is home to the largest snow making system in the world, covering 630 acres on Bald and Dollar mountains. — Harllie Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 26 Aug. 2026 People have flocked there from California, Washington and Oregon, taking advantage of Boise's lower cost of living, relatively mild winters, and lively outdoor scene. — Cj Haddad,katie Tarasov, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2026 What a typical El Niño winter looks like No two El Niño winters are the same, but most have temperature and precipitation trends in common. — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026 Hundreds of commercial flights will be told to change their paths over the northeastern Atlantic Ocean during the next two winters to show how minor altitude adjustments can reduce aviation’s climate impact. — Jennifer McDermott, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026 Strong El Niño events are commonly associated with wet winters for the Golden State. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 18 Aug. 2026 During many El Niño charged winters, the storm track shifts farther south, allowing a surge of Pacific moisture to reach parts of the Southwest and southern Rockies more often. — Dave Aguilera, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026 Beilein, who spends his winters in Florida, will share his thoughts on games and practices. — Andrew Kahn, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2026 The map below compares snowfall during moderate-to-strong El Niño winters, which is expected this year. — Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

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Noun

While Apple’s layoffs are uncommon and relatively small, other companies have laid off tens of thousands of employees in the last year.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
The layoffs come as Ellison has been quietly rebuilding her business after several years of near-dormancy.

— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of layoffs

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At their worst, defensive secondary lapses and occasional offensive lulls kept opponents in games longer than necessary.

— David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Parties have exploited lulls in fighting to buy time, rebuild capabilities and consolidate political or territorial gains ahead of the next round of conflict.

— Anthony Wanis-St John, The Conversation, 10 July 2026

Definition of lulls

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These trends often materialize in batch changeovers, supplier changes, line downtimes and traceability challenges.

— Ihor Yurchenko, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
The average response time for phone calls dropped to 6 minutes from 30 minutes in the prior fiscal year; field office wait times decreased to 23 minutes; and removal of online service downtimes has benefited an additional 125,000 users in a single week, according to the agency's findings.

— Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025

Definition of downtimes

Noun

This allegedly caused the cancellation of school recesses, and also ruining weddings and funerals.

— Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
Mayor Kevin McCarty’s spokesperson Geneva Jacob did not answer a question about why the recess went on longer than several other recent recesses, citing closed session restrictions.

— Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of recesses

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The postponements began shortly after federal judges this month rejected the administration’s attempts to use blanket pauses, rather than individual assessments, to prevent certain immigrants from receiving visas over public-charge concerns.

— María Luisa Paúl, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
These pauses also give the documentary an air of mournful respect, making its pace more deliberate than the standard talking heads-doc that might be mistaken as a stylistic counterpart.

— Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026

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