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furlough

[fur-loh] / ˈfɜr loʊ /


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You never know if there will be another furlough.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

The horses get five weeks of furlough every year, 24/7 attention at the stables, regular veterinary care and a day off whenever temperatures exceed 90 degrees.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Unified’s already adopted plan calls for more than 6,000 job reductions, slashing up to $500 million per year in extra services for schools with the greatest needs and seven unpaid furlough days for each worker.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

There was major spending during the Covid pandemic for things like the furlough scheme which were announced outside of a Budget.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

He was headed back to Puerto Plata after a three-night furlough to meet his newborn son in Tamboril.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

There are no plans for layoffs or furloughs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

The county has limited authority over the program because decisions about educational furloughs are made by the courts, according to Wagner.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026

Further strains resulting from furloughs would compound the issues, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 30, 2026

Some park employees said the furloughs have compounded stressors from firings, retirements and buyouts over the last year or so.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2025

Leaves of absence and furloughs commenced at once, and before spring all who cared to go had a chance to visit their homes.

From A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry by Julian Wisner Hinkley

He had furloughed people who handled such things during the partial government shutdown over immigration, and since he famously lacks patience, Hegseth sent a couple of flunkies to retrieve the historic object immediately.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

When the Covid pandemic emptied hotels in 2020, the properties furloughed 90% of their workers.

From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026

Economists at the Bureau of Labor Statistics were not able to collect all the usual price data in October and November because they were furloughed and unable to work.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 10, 2026

The company furloughed the majority of its employees, shuttered its operations and filed for bankruptcy the following month, according to the indictment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2026

After four weeks of toil and labor, all the soldiers who were able to leave were furloughed home, and the rest brought to the large hospital where I am now located.

From Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience by Henry W. Bellows

And certainly, given the magnitude of what was about to happen, the idea of laying off or furloughing 110,000 people was not consistent with what some people would want their public image to be.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Even if there is a shutdown, Marcus expects that most tax-return processing will continue and that the IRS will avoid furloughing workers.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 26, 2026

“The minute you tell them, ‘no money,’ even if it’s for a few days or a few weeks, they probably need to think about closing their doors temporarily and furloughing employees.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025

Stellantis on Wednesday joined GM and Ford in furloughing some employees at other factories because of the ripple effects of the strikes, including parts shortages, storage constraints and other issues.

From Reuters ● Sep. 21, 2023

The Resolutions on the Journal instructing the ministers in Europe to remonstrate against the carrying off the negroes—also those for furloughing the troops—passed unanimously.—p.

From The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4 by American Anti-Slavery Society


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