labor force
Example Sentences
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It is a ready-made labor force for an aging economy that shares language, culture and religion, and are therefore less controversial for Spanish voters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Over the 10 years after that, he forecasts that the labor force will contract by 2.1 million, or 1.3%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Black women have suffered a disproportionate amount of this pain; more than 300,000 have left the labor force since June 2025.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
Abernathy’s plight is familiar to many job seekers, especially younger ones who’ve entered the labor force in the past few years.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026
They slipped in and out of the box of peeling gray, making no stir in the neighborhood, no sound in the labor force, and no wave in the mayor’s office.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
