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shake-out

noun

the process of reducing the number of people in a workforce in order to lower the costs of a company

How this will all shake out is a topic of rampant speculation.

The Fishermen, like thieves, shake out their silver,/ the lithe knives wriggle on the drying sand.

Barbie Latza Nadeau on how it could shake out—and whether Italians could haul her back to a cell in Perugia.

But as Matt says, it's actually really hard to predict how it would all shake out.

Israel, which is insisting on tough sanctions, is watching intently how things shake out in Baghdad.

The women at once rose and began to shake out their draperies and relax their muscles.

Separate the cream by straining through muslin, and shake out as much water as possible.

It was one of those gloomy days with Pierre when we pry into every corner of our souls and shake out every crease.

Go to your rooms and shake out your pretties for tomorrow night's frolic, for I am going to 'pipe down' early tonight.

But no fish can shake out a hook well sunken in mouth or gills, though two-thirds of the barb be filed away.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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