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as in downsized
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as in idled
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for furloughed
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The Armadillo chain downsized to one restaurant, on Bridgepointe Parkway in Foster City.—
Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2025
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Delays can increase the chances that a project ultimately is downsized – as happened with ConocoPhillips’ Willow project in Alaska – or canceled altogether.—
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In April, Riyadh and its partners stunned crude traders by rapidly restarting production idled since 2023 despite signs that world markets were comfortably supplied.—
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The factory idled operations there in 2023 and 2024.—
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I'mPhaedra Trethan, bummed out about the passing of Raul Malo, lead singer of The Mavericks.—
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Headed to the mountains for the holidays and bummed about the slow progression of the snowpack?—
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The 84-year-old eventually retired from acting and chose a quiet life away from Hollywood.—
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The town council conducted a nationwide search and decided the best candidate was a local resident who had retired from the police department.—
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Maye was strip-sacked by Odafe Oweh while in Chargers territory to keep it a three-point game in the third quarter.—
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But Odafe Oweh strip sacked New England quarterback Drake Maye, and the Chargers recovered.—
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Flight attendants turned into drill sergeants, barking at passengers who flouted mask rules or dawdled too long eating that snack with the mask off.—
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Fava snuffled and dawdled and took her own sweet time up the sidewalk.—
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Stellantis’ forays into EVs on this side of the pond have clearly not gone well, and with federal incentives and emissions targets being axed, the company has turned back hard into stuffing as many Hemis into vehicles that will fit them.—
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But Rivers’ show had a rocky run and was axed by May 1987.—
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The domestic violence case was dismissed and the theft charge had yet to be disputed in court.—
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Carrie, meanwhile, is villainized for her admittedly deluded quest to reunite with her biological son in a world that has dismissed them.—
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“Furloughed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furloughed. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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