gainful
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The document emphasizes marriage as a requirement for sex, and gives a nod to the “success sequence” of completing school, finding gainful employment, getting married, and then having children.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
As Bessent noted, “One in five … will become homeless after aging out of the system, while only half will obtain gainful employment by the time they turn 24.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
We’ve known for years about the slow flight of working-age men from gainful employment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
The few companies which offer deportees gainful employment have become even more important to avoid a slide into criminality.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2025
The argument went that we benefitted from compulsory education, as it provides a livelihood for formerly enslaved, who couldn’t find gainful employment after the war.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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