How to Use furlough in a Sentence

furlough

1 of 2 noun
  • Each employee will have a one-day furlough every month.
  • Job cuts and furloughs are mounting.
    — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 30 Sep. 2025
  • No layoffs or furloughs are planned and vendors will be paid.
    — Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The furloughs were part of a slew of measures taken to try to help bridge the deficit gap.
    — Brian Maass, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • That was latest in a line of furloughs for Spirit.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Some of Brown’s staff have taken furloughs, and more are likely.
    — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Any claim submitted with dates of service before the furlough will be paid.
    — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
  • But response times for people with issues could be delayed due to furloughs.
    — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Her father's other options were to take an unpaid furlough or quit.
    — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 18 June 2020
  • The lawful option is furloughs.
    — Cameron Schoppa, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Many employees will also be forced to take unpaid furloughs.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2026
  • After her latest furlough, Monday felt a little like the first day of school.
    — James Walsh, Star Tribune, 12 Jan. 2021
  • Officials also granted his son a brief furlough to visit with him.
    — Shannon K. Crawford, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The furlough will land in a city that has touted the plant as a manufacturing anchor.
    — State House News Service, Boston Herald, 21 Jan. 2026
  • In Cambodia, worker groups spoke of furloughs, cut shifts and job losses.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The number of furlough days was determined by the employee's salary.
    — Brian Maass, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Programs in Colorado and beyond have faced furloughs and closures.
    — Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The furloughs will hit staff across all levels, including its leadership.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 12 June 2026
  • The White House has also said the shutdown could lead to more layoffs instead of furloughs.
    — Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Of course, this year has thrown financial curveballs at many of us, from layoffs to government furloughs, to still-high prices.
    — Jill Schlesinger, Mercury News, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Employers and workers should both keep a close eye on the language in their insurance policies in the event of a furlough.
    — Alex Janin, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2020
  • The latest change is a major tax break on 2020 tax returns for those who lost their job last year or faced a furlough.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 17 Mar. 2021
  • The furlough comes as the Red Line program remains years behind schedule.
    — State House News Service, Boston Herald, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Sade is in prison and is staying with Mina while on a three-day furlough, which provides a neat framework for their reunion.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 May 2026
  • That's also forced layoffs and furloughs among the more than 1 million people working for tribes, many of them in casinos.
    — Author: Nicholas K. Geranios, Anchorage Daily News, 10 May 2020
  • This may force cities to institute hiring freezes and furloughs, put capital projects on hold, and cut public programs.
    — Jason W. Lloren, SFChronicle.com, 11 May 2020
  • That month he was released on medical furlough to the Swiss Embassy in Tehran.
    — Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2020
  • Early on in the pandemic, workers were faced with millions of furloughs, closures, and layoffs.
    — Jane Thier, Fortune, 31 May 2023
  • Meanwhile, the furlough prompted her husband, 30, to reassess his own career.
    — Joanne Lipman, Time, 27 May 2021
  • At the end of September, her furlough turned into a permanent layoff.
    — Ben Casselman, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2020

furlough

2 of 2 verb
  • The company will consider furloughing a small number of workers.
  • We’ve been furloughed over 90 days.
    — Clio Chang, Curbed, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Last time, more than 70% were furloughed.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
  • More than half the workforce is furloughed.
    — Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Over half of his members are furloughed.
    — William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Roughly half of them are furloughed.
    — Jenny Abamu, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Workers have been furloughed for weeks.
    — Selina Wang, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2025
  • She was furloughed from her job and wanted to try something new.
    — Corina Vanek, AZCentral.com, 31 July 2025
  • It is not known how many are furloughed under the shutdown.
    — Jessie Opoien, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The sevrice remains open but half of the agency’s staff have been furloughed.
    — Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Now, the producers must find other ways to pay their staff, or furlough them.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Half of its employees are furloughed.
    — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Most of its employees were furloughed.
    — David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2025
  • The club had to furlough about half of its 900-plus employees.
    — Cheryl Hall, Dallas News, 2 May 2021
  • Food banks saw an uptick in visits from federal workers who were furloughed.
    — Christian Orozco, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Dozens of Head Start staff members would also be furloughed.
    — Nashville Tennessean, 29 Oct. 2025
  • In agencies where a lot of people were furloughed, there’s likely to be delays.
    — David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2025
  • How many workers have been furloughed during shutdown?
    — Zac Anderson, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Since then, the automakers have furloughed or laid off thousands of non-union workers at plants in five states.
    — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2023
  • During a shutdown, many workers are furloughed and barred from working.
    — Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The company did not furlough or lay off any employees when dining rooms were closed.
    — Cheryl Hall, Dallas News, 12 Nov. 2020
  • Will furloughed federal workers get back pay?
    — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
  • As part of the terms of the first round of federal support, airlines could not furlough or lay off their workers.
    — Colin Lodewick, Fortune, 2 July 2022
  • Hitchins was furloughed from her job as a speech therapist, and her husband’s job went fully remote.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Some were furloughed, while others were deemed essential and ordered to work without pay.
    — Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Some federal workers were furloughed or worked without pay.
    — Meg Kinnard, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
  • One North Texas owner says she's already had to furlough a large portion of her staff.
    — Erin Jones, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Late last month, the airline announced plans to furlough 270 more pilots this fall.
    — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Will air traffic controllers get furloughed during the shutdown?
    — Ashley Ferrer, Florida Times-Union, 22 Feb. 2026
  • But many park rangers and other employees are furloughed, which will affect services.
    — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025

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