furlough

Example Sentences

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The Communist Caribbean island is in crisis as airlines cancel flights, hotels close and authorities furlough workers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

Only a couple of years before that there was furlough – when the taxpayer paid more than 10 million people's wages during the pandemic.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Aguilar fled Tuesday from Santiago Canyon College while on a court-approved academic furlough from a juvenile probation facility, according to the Orange County Probation Department.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

The furlough of hundreds of thousands of workers without pay also dented consumer spending.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 20, 2026

I was practically a child at the time, but I remember when he used to come home on furlough and all, all he did was lie on his bed, practically.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger