Definition of "layoffs" []

• Plural form of layoff. (noun)

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• "His campaign did not use the word "layoffs," but it did allude to "reducing layers of management bureaucracy and consolidating redundant tasks.""
• "Lillian Roberts, executive director of District Council 37, the city's largest municipal union, said, "For the Bloomberg administration to blame the city workers and their pensions for the budget deficit and layoffs is misguided.""
• "Among those reportedly leaving the Sun-Times due to layoffs is a sports columnist who started at the paper in 1996, an editorial page assistant who has been at the paper since 1977 and two longtime editorial assistants."