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 But El Niño winters generally bring even stronger waves, resulting in more sand loss and erosion. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026 Historically, El Niño winters lead to wetter conditions in the Southern US and warmer and drier conditions in the North. — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026 More utility-scale renewables are online, and people and businesses across Ukrainian society have learned from successive bleak winters how to muddle through with batteries, generators, blankets, and candles. — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2026 So looking at that data, one of the following winters (1982) was a middle-of-the-pack winter with thirty inches of snow. — Ron Smiley, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026 Opening in 2023, French Custard has now made it through a few KC winters, and Wood said people still show up for their special pint drops. — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2026 There are a few reasons New Yorkers have been moving to metro-Atlanta, including milder winters and job opportunities. — Sheeka Sanahori, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Oct. 2026 And harsh winters required automakers to heavily adapt models to the climate. — Ivan Nechepurenko, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026 The couple married on August 15, 2026, in McCall, Idaho, where Kendall’s family has spent winters skiing and summers on Payette Lake for years. — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2026

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Noun

Yes, when the alternative is layoffs, closures or further disinvestment.

— Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
In addition, African Americans — whose unemployment rate hit 7 percent in September — and recent college graduates are disproportionately feeling the pain of a job market in which, despite few layoffs, job opportunities are lacking.

— Lauren Kaori Gurley, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of layoffs

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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

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If price breaks above $600, shares clear a major hurdle and a quick pop — driven by a short squeeze and fast money playing the breakout — could follow.

— Jay Woods, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026
The 22-dish menu runs nearly three hours and is deliberately less intense than Anand's Thailand flagship, with a page of house rules on phone use and smoke breaks handed out before the welcome drink.

— Karina Acharya, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of breaks

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Students at Independence Elementary School in Clarkston, Michigan, are spending their recesses and free time making bracelets, stickers and other items for a cause that is deeply personal to their school community.

— Hannah McIlree, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
Herzog’s adventurous spirit has led him to explore the furthest reaches of the globe, but also inward to map the strangest recesses of the heart.

— Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

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