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lockout

[lok-aut] / ˈlɒkˌaʊt /




NOUN
work stoppage
Synonyms


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With the current Collective Bargaining Agreement set to expire about a month after the World Series, owners are all but certain to initiate a lockout that could threaten the 2027 season.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Meyer said he meant that, if a lockout extended into 2028, the players would not play in the Olympics that year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

Should competing platforms adopt equivalent commitments, the overnight lockout would widen to 10 pm to 7 am and the daily allowance would fall to 60 minutes per app, capped at two hours in total.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

Permission to stay can be terminated with appropriate notice, typically 10 days, although you cannot use threats, force, or an unlawful lockout.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026

Once, when I am with Pauline as my team leader, she calls Ted to report a lockout and his response, she reports ruefully, is, “Don’t do this to me.”

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

Major leaguers and fans have weathered five player strikes and four owner lockouts since 1972.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026

Sami Pajari finished 46sec behind to complete the podium and make Toyota the first manufacturer since Citroen in 2010 to claim back-to-back podium lockouts in the WRC.

From Barron's ● Feb. 15, 2026

According to Thursday’s report, accommodation and food services saw more work stoppages than any other industry last year, accounting for 33.4% of the total strikes and lockouts.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2024

The Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations Labor Action Tracker logged 424 work stoppages - which includes 417 strikes and seven lockouts - involving approximately 224,000 workers in 2022.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 28, 2023

In the month of May alone, unions across the nation battled with employers in 413 strikes and lockouts.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield




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