labor force
Example Sentences
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As fewer young people enter the labor force, there are fewer active taxpayers to support each beneficiary at a time when people are living longer — and taking benefits for longer.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
It would be a way for her to get on the other side of AI’s career-changing rollout into America’s labor force.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
In 1975 a second income often sat in reserve—a nonworking parent who could enter the labor force if needed.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
Economic growth would slow as inflation rose due to a softening labor force, upward pressures on wage growth, and tariffs.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
It was no better than being condemned to the garment-center labor force.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
