furloughed

verb

Definition of furloughednext
past tense of furlough
1
as in downsized

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2
as in idled

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for furloughed
  1. downsized
  2. retired
  3. axed
  4. dismissed
  5. trimmed
  6. removed
  7. canned
Verb
  • Her family declared bankruptcy in January and downsized from two cars to one.
    Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 8 Dec. 2024
  • The keycaps are large with generous spacing, and none of the keys has been downsized to make room for additions such as the Microsoft Copilot button or the PredatorSense and media keys running down the right side of the keyboard.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of downsized
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  • Founder Margiela retired in 2009, and the label was run by an anonymous team (one that for a time included Bottega Veneta creative director Matthieu Blazy) until Galliano’s appointment.
    Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Fried turns 31 in January and will be under contract through age 38 — a time when most starting pitchers are winding down their careers in a bullpen somewhere, if not already retired.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of retired
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  • Alaska reality series Life Below Zero is also reported to have been axed after 11 years.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Also, if they’re axed from Pump Rules and have to take a season off from The Valley, they could get hired back for a lot less money, which would be appealing to the bean counters at Bravo.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of axed
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  • After nearly two years of legal wrangling, charges against Perry were dismissed by the state’s highest court.
    Andy Rose, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The case against the man was eventually dismissed, and the lawsuit was settled for $7,500.
    Shayla Colon, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of dismissed
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  • There are also far too many songs in A Complete Unknown—most are profoundly affecting, but a few ought to have been strategically trimmed.
    Radhika Seth, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The hope is that NASA will use its limited budget to continue to fund this kind of research, but the worry is that as costs get trimmed with a focus on human exploration of the Moon and Mars, work that doesn’t have an obvious and immediate practical application will fall by the wayside.
    Georgina Torbet, The Verge, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of trimmed
Verb
  • Underhill has been removed from the story in A Complete Unknown.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
  • This will be removed after the tournament for the beginning of the new club season in Switzerland.
    Asif Burhan, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of removed
Verb
  • In their effort to appeal to the broadest possible customer base, most demos are impersonal tutorials that sound canned, and therefore, detached from the audience.
    Jerry Weissman, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Kyle Anderson bailed out a disgusting Warriors possession with a lefty layup, then Curry canned his third 3 to inch within three.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of canned
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