entrants

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Heightened economic and policy uncertainty has kept many employers from making big hiring pushes, plus there’s a continuing skills mismatch between retiring workers and younger entrants.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

According to a 2025 Oxford Economics report, 85% of the rise in the unemployment rate since mid-2023 “is concentrated in new market entrants who can’t find work.”

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

The competition had been posted on X by the retailer Currys, offering entrants the chance to win a Philips coffee machine, worth £380, by following their page, liking the post and commenting.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

On Friday morning, Iran declared that the strait was finally reopened for all commercial, nonmilitary ships hoping to traverse the essential waterway, provided that all entrants follow a “coordinated route” determined by Iranian authorities.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

Who was this young student with no experience, who’d beat out all the other entrants?

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge