division of labor
noun phrase
: the breakdown of labor into its components and their distribution among different persons, groups, or machines to increase productive efficiency
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Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said earlier this week that the growth in Chinese EV and solar exports is conducive to green development globally and the result of the international division of labor and market demand.
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Fatima Hussein, Fortune Asia, 5 Apr. 2024
Researchers at Intel's Bangalore branch are obviously firm believers in the division of labor.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Dec. 2010
Translated, open lanes of trade would speed the very division of labor so instrumental to progress and prosperity, and thus the eventual revolution as a response to all the prosperity.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
Collaboratively establishing a fair division of labor, considering each partner’s needs, strengths and commitments, fosters mutual respect and understanding.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024
The legislation would move further toward a division of labor wherein America is assisting Kyiv’s military efforts while Europe focuses on supporting Ukraine’s economy.
—The Editors, National Review, 8 Feb. 2024
Through this division of labor, different roles in mental health care can be performed by people with different levels of training and certification, instead of relying on licensed clinicians to do it all.
—Grace Rubenstein, STAT, 18 Jan. 2024
Before the war, there was a division of labor among the three principal intelligence services—the SVR (foreign intelligence), the GRU (military intelligence), and the FSB (domestic security).
—Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 27 Dec. 2023
This division of labor assumed that democracy was ascendant and that interdependence was mutually beneficial.
—Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
Fatima Hussein, Fortune Asia, 5 Apr. 2024
Researchers at Intel's Bangalore branch are obviously firm believers in the division of labor.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Dec. 2010
Translated, open lanes of trade would speed the very division of labor so instrumental to progress and prosperity, and thus the eventual revolution as a response to all the prosperity.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
Collaboratively establishing a fair division of labor, considering each partner’s needs, strengths and commitments, fosters mutual respect and understanding.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024
The legislation would move further toward a division of labor wherein America is assisting Kyiv’s military efforts while Europe focuses on supporting Ukraine’s economy.
—The Editors, National Review, 8 Feb. 2024
Through this division of labor, different roles in mental health care can be performed by people with different levels of training and certification, instead of relying on licensed clinicians to do it all.
—Grace Rubenstein, STAT, 18 Jan. 2024
Before the war, there was a division of labor among the three principal intelligence services—the SVR (foreign intelligence), the GRU (military intelligence), and the FSB (domestic security).
—Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 27 Dec. 2023
This division of labor assumed that democracy was ascendant and that interdependence was mutually beneficial.
—Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
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