pink-slip
Example Sentences
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The first round of cuts in October led to around 14,000 white-collar employees receiving pink slips.
Colbert was given a pink slip with a long tail this year.
From Salon
Lief, who received a pink slip in February — it later was rescinded — said “it would be impossible not to worry about” the possibility of layoffs.
From Los Angeles Times
Naughty or nice, you could find a pink slip in your stocking this season.
The trek to the boss’s office, the tense stares across the desk, the awkward mix of praise and criticism—and the potential for a promotion or a pink slip when it is all over.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
