How to Use pink slip in a Sentence
pink slip
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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
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At that point, 11 games back may well be cause for a ream of pink slips.
—Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 May 2018
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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
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Nobody is pleased when they’ve been given the pink slip.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
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Don’t wait until you’re called in and handed your pink slip.
—Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2023
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Now, those who remain on the job must worry about the phony pink slip.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 12 Aug. 2020
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For a player already low on the totem pole, injuries lead to pink slips.
—Zak Keefer, Indianapolis Star, 24 Sep. 2017
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Bella Hadid wears a sheer pink slip dress and teal gloves.
—Jenny Hartman, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2022
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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
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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
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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
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The Pacquiao corner jokes that all those wagers are pink slips.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2019
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These pretty-in-pink slip-ons with a fluted heel are your answer.
—Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 24 Jan. 2023
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Thousands of oil workers are about to receive pink slips.
—Jeanne Smialeand Alexandra Stevenson, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Mar. 2020
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Instead of more money in their checks, though, they were given a timeline to their pink slip.
—Cody Nelson, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2019
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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
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The most recent pink slip was handed to him last October, by the Warriors.
—Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 June 2022
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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
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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
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Tech investors may be counting their pink slips before they are sent.
—Dan Gallagher, wsj.com, 5 Apr. 2023
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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
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Lemson was one of up to 1,000 employees who received the dreaded pink slip.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2022
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The digital pink slip is a symptom of this larger problem.
—Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
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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
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The man was subsequently taken to the hospital and pink slipped.
—cleveland, 16 Oct. 2019
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The wonder was in the timing, the pink slip being delivered with eight games remaining.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2019
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Dilbert, the put-upon chronicler of office life, has been given the pink slip.
—Chris Lamb, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2023
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In some cases, people sent to the hospital with a pink slip are released within hours.
—Jackie Borchardt, Cincinnati.com, 7 Oct. 2019
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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
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A lot has happened since then as Musk moves to overhaul the company, taking it private and firing top executives and handing half of Twitter’s workers pink slips.
—Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 16 May 2023
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