How to Use layoff in a Sentence

layoff

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  • The band finally has a new album after a three year layoff.
  • More layoffs are expected at the factory later this year.
  • The company announced the layoff of several hundred employees.
  • This marks the third layoff for 100 Thieves in less than two years.
    — Jay Peters, The Verge, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The newsroom’s union staged a one-day walkout in protest of the layoffs.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Some people have been complaining about the length of the layoff for the teams who don’t play in the wild-card round.
    — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The past years have seen a number of major layoffs at Google.
    — Anna Gordon, TIME, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The layoffs are expected to take place on June 29, the filings show.
    — Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 1 Apr. 2024
  • The companies say the strikes have forced them to impose those layoffs.
    — Tom Krisher, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Headlines about mass layoffs at big tech firms and Wall Street banks added to the feeling of economic gloom.
    — The Week Staff, The Week, 10 June 2023
  • The layoffs come as the company prepares for a transition in CEOs.
    — Anna Gordon, TIME, 19 Jan. 2024
  • And the possibility of a long layoff is nothing new to the playoffs.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Ramirez said his layoff notice takes effect at the end of this school year if not rescinded.
    — Dan Albano, Orange County Register, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Amazon, which acquired Twitch in 2014, recently made layoffs at Twitch as part of a large wave of job cuts.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 7 June 2023
  • Coding jobs are plentiful across industries, and the pay is good—even after the tech layoffs of the past year.
    — Kelli María Korducki, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2023
  • It’s been a brutal several months for those who work in the news industry, with too many layoffs to count.
    — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Adverse changes in the labor market create wage cuts and layoffs.
    — Amiah Taylor, Discover Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
  • As the strike against the Big Three reaches its sixth week, layoffs continue at the Detroit automakers.
    — Sara Powers, CBS News, 24 Oct. 2023
  • In the wake of tech’s mass layoffs, the market has shifted to favor hiring companies.
    — Jeff Yasuda, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • Still, the threat of layoffs continued to loom, with many staffers unsure of their positions and unclear as to when the cuts would arrive.
    — Dan Rys, Billboard, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The price hike also comes after Amazon embarked on a series of mass layoffs so far this year.
    — Marco Marcelline, PCMAG, 26 May 2023
  • There are no layoffs as part of the move, nor any changes to the content slates, or operational or reporting changes.
    — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Vowing to avoid layoffs may seem like a stretch to some—but that’s the type of assignment Mastantuono embraces.
    — Bysheryl Estrada, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2023
  • That means that after its cuts to staff last year, Wednesday’s layoffs could affect more than 600 workers.
    — Clare Duffy, CNN, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The layoffs don’t violate an agreement with the city about the company’s recent move to Cityplace.
    — Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The New York Times reported on the engineering team layoffs too.
    — Sean Hollister, The Verge, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The past year was a turning (and at times tipping) point in the white-collar workforce, which was rife with layoffs and return-to-office mandates.
    — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2023
  • The excitement comes at the end of a tough year for the video game industry marked by potentially thousands of layoffs.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2023
  • April’s tech layoffs exceed the 352 Bay Area job cuts that tech companies reported in March.
    — George Avalos, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024
  • The reduction in ranks, the result of a fiscal crisis that led to layoffs and attrition, was followed by one of the worst periods of crimes in the city, Mr. Corey said.
    — Emma G. Fitzsimmons, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2023

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