as in to sack
to let go from office, service, or employment
the company pink-slipped 300 workers in an effort to avoid bankruptcy
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Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press, 20 Mar. 2024
Those pink slips amounted to 16 percent of the U.S. total versus the state’s 14 percent average share in pre-pandemic 2015-19.
—Jonathan Lansner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 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
The young actress celebrated her 21st birthday in a pink slip dress worn by Zeta-Jones to the 1999 MTV Movie Awards.
—Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 22 Apr. 2024
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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
Those pink slips amounted to 16 percent of the U.S. total versus the state’s 14 percent average share in pre-pandemic 2015-19.
—Jonathan Lansner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 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
The young actress celebrated her 21st birthday in a pink slip dress worn by Zeta-Jones to the 1999 MTV Movie Awards.
—Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 22 Apr. 2024
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“Pink-slip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pink-slip. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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