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Meaning of reduction in force | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

US, euphemistic

Examples

“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 large-scale reduction-in-force.””

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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See also

reduction set reduction to the absurd Reductionism reductionist Reductions reductisol

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