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as in dismissal
the termination of the employment of an employee or a work force often temporarily even senior employees lost their jobs in the massive layoff

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as in winter
a period of often involuntary inactivity or idleness after such a long layoff the boxer badly needed to get back into shape

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Noun
The newsroom went through a round of layoffs last month that saw such personalities as Jeff Glor, co-host of CBS Mornings on the weekend, exit part of Paramount’s trimming of 15% of its U.S. staff. Dade Hayes, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2024 Chumbley says her revenue has tumbled 50% the past two years and her staff has shrunk from 14 employees to seven through layoffs or attrition. Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
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Earlier in the month CNN laid off about 100 workers. Brad Adgate, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024 The automaker laid off some 14,000 employees earlier this year, many of whom had been working on the core competencies of electric vehicle production, including batteries and charging infrastructure. Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for layoff 

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“Layoff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/layoff. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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