employment
Example Sentences
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Snowstorms and frigid temperatures in parts of the country likely weighed on employment in February, with the leisure and hospitality and construction sectors losing a combined 24,000 jobs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Federal government employment continued to decline, down 11.8 percent since October 2024.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
A rising pension age also led to employment rates among affected age groups increasing by 10 percentage points, driven primarily by workers staying in their jobs for longer.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
Despite its rocky jobs report for the month of February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics came out Friday with better-than-expected employment projections for March: 178,000 new positions added—almost triple the amount non-government economists had anticipated.
From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026
It called on reforms in education, employment, property rights, religion, and, most notably, suffrage.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
