How to Use pink slip in a Sentence
pink slip
noun-
Now, district staff members are facing pink slips, and cuts will begin at the district's central office and administrative positions, Parks wrote.
— Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press, 20 Mar. 2024 -
The end of August means that the hot seat/pink slip watch is alive and well down in the Plains.
— Scooby Axson, SI.com, 29 Aug. 2019 -
At that point, 11 games back may well be cause for a ream of pink slips.
— Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 May 2018 -
Posing in a pink slip dress around the coastal city, Frankel couldn't get enough of the French wine and sights.
— Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2023 -
Nobody is pleased when they’ve been given the pink slip.
— Jack Kelly, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023 -
Don’t wait until you’re called in and handed your pink slip.
— Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2023 -
Now, those who remain on the job must worry about the phony pink slip.
— Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 12 Aug. 2020 -
For a player already low on the totem pole, injuries lead to pink slips.
— Zak Keefer, Indianapolis Star, 24 Sep. 2017 -
Bella Hadid wears a sheer pink slip dress and teal gloves.
— Jenny Hartman, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2022 -
That's what was going on in the media when the president tried to give Mueller a pink slip.
— Callum Borchers, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2018 -
For all the pink slips to Padres hitting coaches, the team’s starting pitching has lagged in most years.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2019 -
Instead, they are viewed through the prisms of what earned them a pink slip at their previous NFL stops.
— Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2020 -
The Pacquiao corner jokes that all those wagers are pink slips.
— Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2019 -
These pretty-in-pink slip-ons with a fluted heel are your answer.
— Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 24 Jan. 2023 -
Thousands of oil workers are about to receive pink slips.
— Jeanne Smialeand Alexandra Stevenson, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Mar. 2020 -
Instead of more money in their checks, though, they were given a timeline to their pink slip.
— Cody Nelson, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2019 -
By this point, nine pink slips into a 36-year coaching odyssey, Bruce Arians and his wife knew the drill.
— Zak Keefer, Indianapolis Star, 13 Sep. 2017 -
The most recent pink slip was handed to him last October, by the Warriors.
— Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 June 2022 -
The company plans to begin a third round of pink slips before the beginning of the summer.
— Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2023 -
Hudson wore the piece over a soft pink slip for more coverage, as the dress itself was more netlike.
— Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Aug. 2021 -
Tech investors may be counting their pink slips before they are sent.
— Dan Gallagher, wsj.com, 5 Apr. 2023 -
For the fun evening, Rihanna rocked a bright pink slip dress with spaghetti straps and a thigh-high slit along with gold open-toe strappy heels.
— Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 24 June 2021 -
Lemson was one of up to 1,000 employees who received the dreaded pink slip.
— Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2022 -
The digital pink slip is a symptom of this larger problem.
— Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023 -
The job might even become permanent if the ax recently fell or a pink slip landed on your desk.
— Mildred L. Culp, Houston Chronicle, 25 Jan. 2020 -
The man was subsequently taken to the hospital and pink slipped.
— cleveland, 16 Oct. 2019 -
The wonder was in the timing, the pink slip being delivered with eight games remaining.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2019 -
Dilbert, the put-upon chronicler of office life, has been given the pink slip.
— Chris Lamb, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2023 -
This forced many startups to close their doors—pushing thousands of employees out the door with a pink slip and stalling late-stage exit strategies.
— Haresh Bhungalia, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024 -
And still some other employees are being shown the door as Amazon and Under Armour hand out pink slips.
— Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 17 May 2024
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