as in dismissal
the termination of the employment of an employee or a work force often temporarily
the landscaping company usually has to put most of its personnel on furlough during the extremely slow winter months
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as in to excess
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as in to bum
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Recent Examples of furlough
Cal J. Halvorsen, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025
Spirit’s cost-cutting efforts continued after emerging from bankruptcy protection in March, including plans to furlough about 270 pilots and downgrade some 140 captains to first officers in the coming months.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
That standoff stretched for 35 days, leading to the furlough of more than 350,000 federal workers and forcing 400,000 others to work without pay.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 20 Oct. 2025
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Noun
On the chopping block In the summer of 2025, Senior Community Service Employment Program grant recipients across the country began to furlough their staff.
—Cal J. Halvorsen, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025
Spirit’s cost-cutting efforts continued after emerging from bankruptcy protection in March, including plans to furlough about 270 pilots and downgrade some 140 captains to first officers in the coming months.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
The furlough affects a wide range of civilian roles across federal agencies, halting many routine operations and services.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
That standoff stretched for 35 days, leading to the furlough of more than 350,000 federal workers and forcing 400,000 others to work without pay.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for furlough
Noun
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Miller said his clients believe that this additional context and other policy changes at Indiana Medicaid will address the judge's concerns that anchored her dismissal.—
Kayla Dwyer,
IndyStar,
24 Oct. 2025
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Karen Scham — the resident who originally petitioned to remove the books — was also in attendance, urging Lewin-Lane’s dismissal.—
Adrienne Davis,
jsonline.com,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Over the past few months my wife has begun drinking to excess every evening.—
Amy Dickinson,
Anchorage Daily News,
17 July 2023
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Over the past few months, my wife has begun drinking to excess every evening.—
Amy Dickinson,
Washington Post,
17 July 2023
Verb
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Democrats’ most visible strategy appears to be trying to bum a few bucks from the grassroots—when the grassroots’ greatest power is in protest, boycott, and other unified mobilization efforts.—
Sarah Stankorb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Alabama gave Georgia its first home loss in six years with a 24-21 constriction; Oregon rode a pair of Moores (Dante and Dakorien) to bum out Happy Valley in extra time.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Later on Monday, Kyren's mother, Kandace Washington, shared a different reaction to the news of Kelly's firing.—
Natasha Dye,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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As Billy Napier’s time at Florida reached an end, a register of grounds for his firing likely existed in the back of athletic director Scott Stricklin’s mind.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
27 Oct. 2025
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In her conversations with small-business owners, Higgins learned that some have been forced to reduce staff or lay off employees because several of their workers were TPS beneficiaries or were in the process of regularizing their paperwork.—
Sarah Moreno,
Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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The shutdown has also left federal workers unpaid, with around 4,000 federal workers laid off and key services suspended, with no end in sight as both parties hold firm.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The entire day felt dehumanizing, as if her nearly eight years with the company, her medical problems and her physical pain had been reduced to nothing more than malingering and scattered incidents of tardiness.—
Greg Jaffe,
Anchorage Daily News,
18 June 2023
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Goldstein, who did not return a message seeking comment, practices in Chicago and has lectured on the topic of malingering, according to a resume posted online.—
Matt Hamilton,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2023
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At the same time, the administration is trying to use a new round of layoffs to gut multiple offices inside the department, including the Office for Civil Rights and the office responsible for overseeing special education, according to multiple sources within the department.—
The NPR Network,
NPR,
24 Oct. 2025
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The company also announced its first major layoffs in a decade and plans to cut 1,800 corporate jobs.—
Ashley Lutz,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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However, having cars idle outside terminals or leaving a car behind, such as what happened during Monday’s incident, does present a security risk, Jeffries said.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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Does faster Wi-Fi create an expectation that air travelers, once mostly idle up in the blue sky and clouds, will engage with the virtual world?—
Bruce Finley,
Denver Post,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Furlough.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furlough. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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