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Example Sentences
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That is driven mostly by not a sudden increase in the rate at which firms lay off workers, but a sudden decrease in the rate at which they hire workers.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Metcalfe said she was convinced the answers police needed lay in the Harlow community.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
Meta, Block, Amazon, Salesforce and other tech giants have continued to lay off their workers even as they hire for other roles and spend billions of dollars on AI data centers and products.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
Activist investor Irenic Capital Management built a 2.5% stake in Snapchat and urged the company to lay off employees and divest its Specs business.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
I shook out my blanket and lay on top of it, shoulder to shoulder, a row of operators like matchsticks in a box.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
