How to Use public sector in a Sentence

public sector

noun
  • Some economists thought Hunt might boost public sector pay to put an end to rolling strikes.
    Hanna Ziady, CNN, 15 Mar. 2023
  • That would be almost enough to give the entire public sector a pay increase in line with inflation.
    WIRED, 23 June 2023
  • Wing started with the city on June 26 after serving in several public sector roles for the last 23 years in both Michigan and Illinois.
    Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The huge public sector project is expected to remake the southwest corner of downtown and adjoining areas just to the south.
    Steve Brown, Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Experts in automation and AI are expensive to hire and less likely to be wooed by public sector salaries.
    Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 7 Mar. 2023
  • But Democrats passed a state law that would also repeal right-to-work for public sector workers in the event the court reverses its earlier decision.
    Detroit Free Press, 13 Feb. 2024
  • For other public sector unions, what is emerging is an outright crisis.
    Daniel Rivero, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2024
  • And so for business leaders and for public sector leaders, needing to be prepared for this moment is very, very difficult.
    Alan Murray, Fortune, 18 Jan. 2024
  • One driver, as so often in Europe, is public sector funding.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The new members will bring experience in business, labor and public sector service to the transit system.
    Tonya Alanez, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The fallout from China’s sinking birth rate is rippling from public sector concern into a private market headache.
    Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2023
  • These days, an important spot for collaboration at Goff is the kitchen, which offers a view of the Minnesota State Capitol, a key service area for private and public sector clients.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 24 Jan. 2024
  • But there needs to be some infrastructure to support more commercial or public sector uses.
    IEEE Spectrum, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Turnout on Sunday is expected to be large given that, among other factors, public sector employees are required to vote.
    Genevieve Glatsky, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2023
  • The studious young aimed to be au courant—not to change reality or even understand it, but to win college debates and take competitive exams for public sector jobs.
    Anjum Hasan, The New York Review of Books, 28 Dec. 2023
  • The impact has been that real wages for public sector workers like teachers have significantly dropped.
    Daniel Rivero, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The calls for more spending come at a time of rapid inflation and high demand for public sector wage increases as well the subsidies and investment needed to meet targets for addressing climate change.
    Marc Champion, Bloomberg.com, 2 June 2023
  • Details, as in so much regarding Brazilian public sector policies, will be clearer shortly.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 25 May 2023
  • Many public sector jobs pay less than their private sector counterparts, but come with decent pension programs or vacation days.
    Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
  • That policy left it with little in its coffers to pay bloated public sector salaries, despite generating immense wealth from its oil reserves.
    Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 16 Dec. 2023
  • There is also heavy-handed encouragement of public sector employees to vote.
    Valerie Hopkins Nanna Heitmann, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Spouses applying for public sector jobs would have 10 points automatically added to their score on the selection test used for hiring in state government.
    Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Third, public sector banks across states have higher exposure to the power sector, whereas the private sector reports a higher share of transport operators.
    Suranjali Tandon, Quartz, 8 June 2023
  • At the same time, Mr. Erdogan went on a pre-election spending spree to attract voters, increasing salaries for public sector workers and payouts for retirees and offering households a month of free natural gas.
    Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 2 June 2023
  • Thanks to public sector efforts, including Federal Reserve banks and private sector initiatives, some progress has been made.
    J. Christopher Giancarlo, Fortune Crypto, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The guidelines would apply to all 50 states and include private sector and select federal workers, but leave most other public sector workers uncovered.
    Gabe Stern, The Arizona Republic, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Borrowers who work in public sector jobs, for example, can apply for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
    Chris Quintana, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Everyone who is part of the war effort, from public sector workers to emergency service personnel, gets periodic shout-outs from the president.
    Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Nevada law prohibits strikes by public sector employees.
    Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • With the market yet to right itself, and some people reexamining the role big tech firms play in society, public sector roles, complete with perks like pensions and a warm, fuzzy do-good feeling, are suddenly proving popular.
    WIRED, 15 Nov. 2023

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