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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
furlough .
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Examples
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In the past year or two, major carriers have been recalling furloughed pilots as well, creating rapid turnover at regional airlines.
Airlines Lower Bar 2007
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Air Lines, the world's largest carrier, said it will recall furloughed attendants and hire an undetermined number of new workers as it adds flights.
WN.com - Articles related to Investor group buys 95 percent stake in Mexicana to keep airline afloat 2010
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We will be calling furloughed employees back to work as ongoing attrition reduces the active workforce.
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Faculty are "furloughed," although the term carries new meaning, since teaching, research, and service responsibilities have not been reduced.
The University Is Not a Factory : On the Crisis in the Humanities Christopher Merrill 2010
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Faculty are "furloughed," although the term carries new meaning, since teaching, research, and service responsibilities have not been reduced.
Christopher Merrill: The University Is Not a Factory : On the Crisis in the Humanities 2010
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Even the previously sacrosanct "first responders" police and firefighters are being downsized, laid off, "furloughed," or forced out with early retirement.
Joseph A. Palermo: There's No Good News for Democrats Because There's No Good News Joseph A. Palermo 2010
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Even the previously sacrosanct "first responders" police and firefighters are being downsized, laid off, "furloughed," or forced out with early retirement.
Joseph A. Palermo: There's No Good News for Democrats Because There's No Good News Joseph A. Palermo 2010
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They know that every public dollar slashed and every public employee laid-off or "furloughed" in the nation's most economically important state is another obstacle to Obama getting the economy moving again and thereby maintaining his popularity.
Joseph A. Palermo: Arnold Schwarzenegger: Tea Bagging California 2009
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Public sector workers have been "furloughed" and now Schwarzenegger and the Republicans want to swallow up the public pensions and bust the public employee unions.
Joseph A. Palermo: Arnold Schwarzenegger: Tea Bagging California 2009
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I met two other people who are "furloughed" from their state jobs and since they're a couple their family has been hit with about a 25 percent cut in pay (and Arnold is threatening even more furlough days for state workers).
Joseph A. Palermo: Arnold Schwarzenegger: Sticking It to "America's Best" 2009
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Surprisingly, people who were furloughed—kept on as employees but usually without working or getting paid— reported bigger declines in mental health since the start of the pandemic than most other groups.
Furlough might be the unhappiest state for workers The A.V. Club 2022
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