slips

Example Sentences

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The surge in pink slips started in 2023, when companies that had gone on hiring sprees during the COVID-19 pandemic began to cut back.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Spot gold slips 0.1% to $4,451.34 an ounce.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Copper miner Antofagasta slips 1.2%, while diversified miner Anglo American slides 1.6%.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

As we’re talking to Ogwumike, Sania Feagin slips by in a multicolored knit beanie, smile unmissable, holding a bouquet of Mother’s Day flowers from one of the league’s social media managers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

They’re in the hut right now, hunched over slips of paper, scratching away with colored pencils, rifling through German dictionaries.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin