cliff
Example Sentences
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Photos from the site of the crash showed rescue workers helping passengers alight the train, which had fallen off the rail tracks and partly tilted over the side of a cliff.
From BBC
In late October, the performers, including the famed cliff divers, went on a three-day strike, citing unsafe working conditions and stalled negotiations over their first contract.
From Los Angeles Times
OpenAI shortened its “vesting cliff” for new employees, a shift in compensation policy that’s meant to help retain new hires from leaving in the midst of a fierce talent war.
The company also expects to take a $1.5 billion revenue hit from losing exclusivity over certain products—part of a so-called patient cliff Wall Street has anticipated for years.
From Barron's
Tech companies typically have a one-year vesting cliff for new employees, preventing them from having to give away stock to hires who leave quickly or don’t work out.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
