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How to use layoff in a sentence

22 example sentences · noun

Layoff means a dismissal of employees from their jobs because of tightened budgetary constraints or work shortage (not due to poor performance or misconduct). Example: “The troubled Internet company announced another round of layoffs last week.”

Examples of layoff by meaning

nounA period of time when someone is unavailable for work.

  • But even the return of skipper Steven Gerrard from a six-week injury layoff could not inspire Liverpool2010 December 29, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolverhampton”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 16 Mar 2017
  • At tech companies that spent recent years expanding paid parental leave, parents have felt the whiplash of mass layoffs in an especially visceral way.2023 April 11, Kurtis Lee, “California Economy Is on Edge After Tech Layoffs and Studio Cutbacks”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived...

More sentences with layoff

  • The troubled Internet company announced another round of layoffs last week.From the entry troubled
  • After the layoffs, he gained a reputation as a hatchet man and ended up eating lunches alone.From the entry hatchet man
  • As news of the impending layoffs spread faster, the company finally began damage control.From the entry damage control
  • I'm a goneburger for sure in the next round of layoffs.From the entry goneburger
  • Rumors about layoffs are all over the trades.From the entry trade
  • After the layoffs, morale was at an all time low; the staff were so dispirited nothing was getting done.From the entry morale
  • We are all on notice about likely layoffs.From the entry on notice
  • I just barely managed to keep my job during the layoff – it really hit too close to home.From the entry hit too close to home
  • With bankruptcy looming, the corporation eventually began eating its young; massive layoffs were announced, and all employee benefits and bonuses were suspended.From the entry eat one's young
  • Our department is on solid ground if the company starts flirting with the idea of layoffs; some other departments are in shakier positions.From the entry on solid ground
  • Workers who resign within thirty days after receiving a layoff notice are eligible for a separation allowance of two weeks’ salary for each year of service.From the entry separation allowance
  • The payment processor’s layoffs and the curious incident of the duck were first reported by Business Insider.2025 January 23, John Towfighi, “Stripe accidentally sends image of cartoon duck to laid-off employees”, in CNN. From the entry duck
  • However, a recent rash of layoff announcements suggest companies have lost their fear of firing.2025 November 17, Michael Sasso, “The Job Market Is Heating Up — for Jobs That People Usually Don't Want. Applications are up and turnover…. From the entry Great Resignation
  • TikTok workers in Germany are holding strikes over mass layoffs of the company’s trust and safety team.2025 August 10, Dara Kerr, “TikTok to replace trust and safety team in Germany with AI and outsourced labor”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry trust and safety
  • Stock markets crash, businesses go bankrupt, and 9-to-5s can disappear from layoffs and downsizing.2009, Scott Brown, Treat Your Poker Like a Business, page 101. From the entry nine to five
  • Romney had already taken leave from Bain Capital by the time the American Pad & Paper layoffs took place.2011 March, W James Antle III, “Front-runner Failure”, in American Spectator, volume 44, number 2, page 12. From the entry take leave
  • But now, when business is verrry slow and the possibility of layoffs icily real, looking busy is no joke.2009 January 25, Jan Hoffman, “Working Hard to Look Busy”, in New York Times. From the entry verrry
  • The rural income has been increased and the urbanization side-effects such as population, layoff, inflation, slum, disattract rural people.1977, Sung Hoon Kim, Don Min Kim, “Korea”, in Douglas Ensminger, editor, Food Enough or Starvation for Millions, New Delhi: Tata…. From the entry disattract
  • Older Duppies who've lived through previous layoffs seem prepared for the emotional and financial shifts that a protracted job loss can bring.2003 June 17, Leslie Haggin Geary, “Here come the 'Duppies'”, in CNN/Money. From the entry duppie
  • Esther Crawford, a project manager, asked people to join a “standup” meeting at 9:30 p.m. in San Francisco on Thursday as some layoff notices went out.2022 November 4, Kate Conger, Ryan Mac, Mike Isaac, “Confusion and Frustration Reign as Elon Musk Cuts Half of Twitter’s Staff”, in The…. From the entry stand-up

Meaning of layoff

  1. noun A dismissal of employees from their jobs because of tightened budgetary constraints or work shortage (not due to poor performance or misconduct).
  2. noun A period of time when someone is unavailable for work.
  3. noun A short pass that has been rolled in front of another player for them to kick.

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Questions about layoff in a sentence

How do you use layoff in a sentence?
Layoff is used as a noun. For example: “The troubled Internet company announced another round of layoffs last week.”
What is a short sentence with layoff?
“Rumors about layoffs are all over the trades.”
What does layoff mean?
Layoff means a dismissal of employees from their jobs because of tightened budgetary constraints or work shortage (not due to poor performance or misconduct).

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