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Examples of labor force in a Sentence
the corporation has a labor force of nearly 100,000 people
Recent Examples on the Web
For white workers, the labor force participation rate ticked higher to 62.3% last month, compared to June’s rate of 62.2%.
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Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2024
Thousands of working parents in Connecticut require child care to be able to participate in the labor force.
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Erica E. Phillips, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2024
In Baltimore’s pilot, preliminary results showed participants’ labor force participation increased from 64% to 71%, though their unemployment rate remained more than twice that of average Baltimore residents.
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Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2024
Earlier this year, the labor force participation rate (the percentage of the working-age population that’s actively engaged in the workforce, either by working or by looking for a job) for Black workers 16 and older hit 64%, a 16-year high.
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Alicia Wallace, CNN, 4 Aug. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1844, in the meaning defined above
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“Labor force.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/labor%20force. Accessed 12 Sep. 2024.
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