reduction in force

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reduction in force

noun reductions in force

  1. US, euphemistic A layoff. The VA is scrapping those plans for now, but it is on pace to reduce the total number of staffers by nearly 30,000, “through the federal hiring freeze, deferred resignations, retirements and normal attrition,” the agency said in a news release, adding that those cuts will eliminate “the need for a l

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@misc{reduction_in_force_2026,
  title = {reduction in force},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/reduction%20in%20force},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}