On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Layoff. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as closure or closedown and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Layoff meaning
- A dismissal of employees from their jobs because of tightened budgetary constraints or work shortage (not due to poor performance or misconduct).
- A period of time when someone is unavailable for work.
- A short pass that has been rolled in front of another player for them to kick.
Using Layoff
- The main meaning on this page is: A dismissal of employees from their jobs because of tightened budgetary constraints or work shortage (not due to poor performance or misconduct). | A period of time when someone is unavailable for work. | A short pass that has been rolled in front of another player for them to kick.
- Useful related words include: closure, closedown, closing, shutdown.
- In the example corpus, layoff often appears in combinations such as: the layoff, injury layoff, long layoff.
Context around Layoff
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 11 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Layoff
- In this selection, "layoff" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, planned, forced, newsroom, ratio, gave and announcements stand out and add context to how "layoff" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 15 day layoff but the and a long layoff. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "layoff" sits close to words such as akhtar, alford and ascertained, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with layoff
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Meta cuts thousands of jobs in fourth layoff round since Novembersfgate. (11 words)
Despite some high-profile layoff announcements, the overall job market remains tight. (12 words)
His deft layoff enabled Isak to direct Newcastle’s angled fifth home in imperious fashion. (15 words)
During the lay-off period, which can last for an undefined time and multiple Sim weeks, players will receive a tense moodlet with the same name "Looming Layoff" each time the Sim goes to work. (35 words)
He also nixed a bill to provide one week of severance to laid-off grocery store workers for every year of work, noting that state law already provides myriad layoff protections. (31 words)
He’s basically playing the same character on Raw, but it just doesn’t seem like it’s clicked with the live crowds since he returned from his long injury layoff. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
A company spokesperson told news agency Reuters that Huobi had a "planned layoff ratio" of about 20%.
Although Ellie Yagi always wanted to have her own food spot, a pandemic-forced layoff gave her the push to finally pursue the dream.
And while you certainly couldn’t call this the first major newsroom layoff in history, it did feel unique for one particular reason.
Despite some high-profile layoff announcements, the overall job market remains tight.
Despite the layoff between games, the Suns were firing on all cylinders as they scored early and often.
Dressel, who won five gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics, was attempting to qualify for the world championships after taking a long layoff.
During the lay-off period, which can last for an undefined time and multiple Sim weeks, players will receive a tense moodlet with the same name "Looming Layoff" each time the Sim goes to work.
Five full-time nurses, one casual nurse, and one worker in a transcription position were given layoff notices from Brandon Clinic Friday.
Google's parent company, Alphabet, announced it would layoff 6 percent of its workforce, or about 12,000 employees.
He also nixed a bill to provide one week of severance to laid-off grocery store workers for every year of work, noting that state law already provides myriad layoff protections.
He’s basically playing the same character on Raw, but it just doesn’t seem like it’s clicked with the live crowds since he returned from his long injury layoff.
His deft layoff enabled Isak to direct Newcastle’s angled fifth home in imperious fashion.
How a Houston real-estate agent who closed $28 million in deals in 2022 turned her broadcast news layoff into a lucrative new careerbusinessinsider.
If a Sim is already going through a layoff, unchecking this option will resolve the situation on the next workday.
In addition to Benioff’s email, the company revealed the layoff plans in a regulatory filing.
In January, cloud-based software company Salesforce also announced it would layoff 10 percent of its employees or about 8,000 workers.
In the meantime, the top executive has announced that the SuperRare NFT marketplace will help those affected by the recent layoff transition and probably give them either compensation or new opportunities.
I was a bit concerned about the 15-day layoff, but the team really responded well.
Many of those households are one layoff, emergency or big utility bill away from homelessness.
Meta cuts thousands of jobs in fourth layoff round since Novembersfgate.
Common combinations with layoff
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the layoff 12×
- injury layoff 11×
- long layoff 10×
- to layoff 7×
- layoff is 6×
- temporary layoff 6×
- layoff in 5×
- layoff notices 5×
- layoff of 5×
- layoff from 5×