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The phrase "a laid off" is not correct in written English.
The correct expression is "laid off" without the article "a."
Example: "After the company downsized, several employees were laid off."
Alternatives: "terminated" or "let go."
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A laid off stockbroker could join another broker-dealer and transfer what clients were left or start the arduous task of rebuilding his or her book.
A different ad for General Motors featured a laid off assembly line robot contemplating suicide, which drew criticism from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
For new readers, I'm a laid off teacher looking for input and stories of others around the nation that I can share on my blogs.
Out here in the real world, small business owners like me are as scared as a laid off worker a month away from losing her unemployment check.
A laid off mill worker, Larry became a social studies teacher and later came within 325 votes of ousting Hayes from Congress in 2006.
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He had a shoe thrown at him by a laid-off worker in December.
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