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 plenty of Americans are not just moving toward palm trees and warm winters.
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Larry Clifton, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
This interactive project looks at the impact of warmer, shorter winters on regions all over the country, from less ice fishing in Minnesota and fewer ski days in Colorado to drying reservoirs in the Southwest and more ticks and mosquitoes in the Northeast.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
Over the past two winters, the flu sickened more people than Covid.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 27 Apr. 2026
The winters were too cold and snowy for the local high school to field a baseball team, but Bill, who stood 6-foot-2, 200 pounds, was a gifted outfielder and honed his skills in sandlot games during the summer.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2026
Bottlebrush can be damaged during severe winters but survived this year’s February cold.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
The winters still get cold, and many more restaurants and shops are closed during the tourism off-season from November to May.
—Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 25 Apr. 2026
Harsh wartime winters have also taken a toll.
—Derek Gatopoulos, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026
His wife at the time stayed in the Bay Area for work while Taylor spent the winters—and one full year—at Sugar Bowl with the kids.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 19 Apr. 2026
Larry Clifton, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
This interactive project looks at the impact of warmer, shorter winters on regions all over the country, from less ice fishing in Minnesota and fewer ski days in Colorado to drying reservoirs in the Southwest and more ticks and mosquitoes in the Northeast.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
Over the past two winters, the flu sickened more people than Covid.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 27 Apr. 2026
The winters were too cold and snowy for the local high school to field a baseball team, but Bill, who stood 6-foot-2, 200 pounds, was a gifted outfielder and honed his skills in sandlot games during the summer.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2026
Bottlebrush can be damaged during severe winters but survived this year’s February cold.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
The winters still get cold, and many more restaurants and shops are closed during the tourism off-season from November to May.
—Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 25 Apr. 2026
Harsh wartime winters have also taken a toll.
—Derek Gatopoulos, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026
His wife at the time stayed in the Bay Area for work while Taylor spent the winters—and one full year—at Sugar Bowl with the kids.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 19 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for winters
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The layoffs stem largely from funding changes already set in motion by Los Angeles County, which voted in April 2025 to create its own Department of Homeless Services and Housing, and shift hundreds of millions of dollars away from LAHSA.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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Amazon eliminated 30,000 jobs across two rounds of layoffs in January and October.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2026
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Not all parts of the country seem to have the same pattern, although the data points to school breaks as relative lulls.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
18 Apr. 2026
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Acting in a movie involves a lot of waiting around, too—as the crew repositions cameras and adjusts the lighting, among other things—and those lulls provided me with plenty of time to feel queasy with anxiety.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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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
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Without any workplace oversight, the baristas did the obvious, padding their breaks by ten, fifteen, twenty minutes.—
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
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The breaks kept coming for Orlando.—
Chris Hays,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Apr. 2026
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Not ready to take on a full renovation to add arched doorways or recesses to your home?—
Marisa Suzanne Martin,
The Spruce,
15 Apr. 2026
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There are hints tossed out to suggest his characters’ inner recesses.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2026
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Business major Andrea Lui found the chatbot’s voice to be surprisingly human, but the conversation felt choppy with odd pauses.—
Jocelyn Gecker,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Business major Andrea Lui found the chatbot’s voice to be surprisingly human, but the conversation felt choppy with odd pauses.—
Jocelyn Gecker,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Winters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/winters. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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