Examples of gainful in a Sentence
graduated from school and went looking for gainful employment
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These landmark legislations aim to empower individuals with disabilities to find gainful employment, become economically self-sufficient and contribute to their local communities and economies.
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Paul Toomey, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
The gainful employment rule is intended to help students avoid low-value programs that leave them with too much debt and minimal earning potential.
—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 2 June 2025
If colleges graduate more students into gainful employment, more borrowers can repay loans instead of defaulting.
—Shahar Ziv, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Older boys and young men are falling behind at all levels of education (and, increasingly, are questioning the merits of it) and in gainful employment.
—Andrew Reiner, Baltimore Sun, 20 Apr. 2025
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Paul Toomey, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
The gainful employment rule is intended to help students avoid low-value programs that leave them with too much debt and minimal earning potential.
—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 2 June 2025
If colleges graduate more students into gainful employment, more borrowers can repay loans instead of defaulting.
—Shahar Ziv, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Older boys and young men are falling behind at all levels of education (and, increasingly, are questioning the merits of it) and in gainful employment.
—Andrew Reiner, Baltimore Sun, 20 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gainful
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“Gainful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gainful. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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