Lexicographical Neighbors of Standdowns
Literary usage of Standdowns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Getting to the Top in the USSR: Cyclical Patterns in the Leadership by R. Judson Mitchell (1990)
"... leadership at times; at others, mild praise; wide-ranging military maneuvers
in the Western part of the USSR and on the Baltic, followed by standdowns ..."
2. Labour and Wage Statistics by OECD., Statisti, SourceOECD (Online service), Statistics Directorate (1997)
"In practice. standdowns are included only where employees are stood down as a
result of industrial disputes by other employees at the same establishment. ..."