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employment

[em-ploi-muhnt] / ɛmˈplɔɪ mənt /
NOUN
working for a living
Synonyms
STRONGEST
business contracting enrollment hiring job recruitment service trade
STRONG
assignment avocation awarding calling commissioning craft employ enlistment exercise exercising exertion field function game hire line mission number occupation office position post profession pursuit racket servicing setup situation thing using vocation work
WEAK
carrying engagement in activity application engaging métier occupying retaining signing on taking on what one is into
Antonyms
STRONGEST
fun unemployment
STRONG
avocation entertainment hobby pastime recreation surrender
WEAK
idleness inactivity misuse
NOUN
using something
Synonyms
STRONGEST
usage utilization
STRONG
adoption appliance application disposition exercise exercising exertion exploitation handling operation play purpose usance use
Antonyms
STRONG
idleness mismanagement
WEAK
inactivity misuse unemployment

Example Sentences

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“We are not anticipating a restoration of the status quo ante on growth, employment, inflation, oil prices or gasoline prices given the dynamics of the conflict at this time,” he adds.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

He believes recent data showing weak job growth and a lower break-even employment rate will have a longer-term negative impact on demand for new homes.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Federal Reserve governor Philip Jefferson pointed to shifts in employment data that suggest the job market may no longer be weakening as it was in 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Parents will be entitled to it from the first day of their employment in any job.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

In 1954, black and white youth unemployment rates in America were equal, with blacks actually having a slightly higher rate of employment in the age group sixteen to nineteen.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander