pink-slips 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of pink-slip
as in sacks
to let go from office, service, or employment the company pink-slipped 300 workers in an effort to avoid bankruptcy

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pink slips

2 of 2

noun

plural of pink slip
as in boots

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Recent Examples of pink-slips
Verb
Pixar cuts are numbered to be in the high single percentile of its 1,100 staff, which translates to around or under 100 pink-slips. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 21 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pink-slips
  1. sacks
  2. boots
  3. removes
  4. firings
  5. dismisses
  6. fires
  7. retires
  8. releases
Verb
  • Cale Britt sacks the quarterback and Bishop Moore will take over on downs at their own 42.
    — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Manning, back for what is probably his final season, is on the short list of best returning quarterbacks in the country and edge rusher Colin Simmons won the SEC sacks title with 12.
    — Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 3 Jan. 2026
Definition of sacks
Noun
  • As of now, On does not sell soccer boots, although Mbappé has already teased a prototype in matches.
    — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Everything else, such as a great leather jacket and a trusty pair of boots, can come from your capsule wardrobe.
    — Fiona Ward, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of boots
Verb
  • Instead of replacing merchandisers, AI removes bottlenecks and gives time and control back to brand teams.
    — Zohar Gilad, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Cash does not mean skipping the closing process Another common misunderstanding is that selling for cash removes the normal legal steps involved in transferring real estate.
    — Ascend Agency, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of removes
Noun
  • The firings also weren’t the only safety departure at OpenAI last week.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Director Kash Patel says the report aims to promote accountability and rebuild public trust; critics say his investigations and firings have politicized the bureau and further undermined confidence.
    — Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of firings
Verb
  • If your team is afraid to name real weaknesses, or if leadership dismisses uncomfortable truths, the analysis won’t do what it’s meant to do.
    — Nancy Padberg, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Risks, but not existential ones Not everyone dismisses the risk quite so bluntly, though.
    — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of dismisses
Verb
  • Andrew Garfield stars as Altman, with Anora‘s Yura Borisov playing Ilya Sutskever, the chief scientific officer and co-founder of OpenAI who fires Altman.
    — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Dennis Dooley, who was standing on the roadbed below, fires one shot, striking Bottom.
    — Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of fires
Verb
  • SpaceX already retires aging Starlink satellites by burning them up in the Earth’s atmosphere.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026
  • New products, markets, channels and customer exceptions can accumulate faster than your organization retires old ones.
    — Basant Singh, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of retires
Verb
  • The movie releases digitally on October 15, in time to remind documentary branch Oscar voters to watch it.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2026
  • This water releases massive waves of heat, redistributing warmth from the ocean to the atmosphere—and subsequently shifts weather patterns around the world.
    — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of releases

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“Pink-slips.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pink-slips. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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