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lockout

[lok-out] / ˈlɒkˌaʊt /




NOUN
work stoppage
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It’s a process he’s unfortunately needed to become familiar with after some of his Lockout Art was stolen and sold as NFTs multiple times last year.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2023

Lockout notwithstanding, James said baseball is a good business, for those that can afford to buy a team.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2022

It’s action by the numbers, and Lockout counts those numbers on its fingers.

From The Guardian • Jun. 22, 2020

When the 2012 film Lockout appeared in theaters, more than one critic pointed out that it shared a number of similarities with John Carpenter’s 1981 film Escape from New York.

From The Verge • Jul. 30, 2016

Lockout, the exclusion of workmen from a factory by the employer to bring them to terms which they decline to accept.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin




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