natural wastage
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Network Rail official Tim Shoveller said about 1,800 jobs were expected to be cut, but the "the vast majority" would be through "voluntary severance and natural wastage".
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2022
Major job reductions through natural wastage - waiting for people to resign or retire rather than enforcing redundancies - would take many years, Mr Penman warned.
From BBC • May 12, 2022
The ambition of Prince Charles and some advisers to slim down the working membership of the family to a smaller active core is being achieved by natural wastage, not design.
From The Guardian • Nov. 22, 2019
This has since come down to one in seven, two thirds of which will apparently go via natural wastage.
From The Guardian • Jul. 29, 2013
It is doubly economical since it uses the human waste in collecting what would be the natural wastage of the city, and devotes each to the service of the other.
From Darkest India A Supplement to General Booth's "In Darkest England, and the Way Out" by Booth-Tucker, Commissioner
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