labor force

noun

Synonyms of labor forcenext

Examples of labor force in a Sentence

the corporation has a labor force of nearly 100,000 people
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Colorado ranked 41st slowest for the growth of its labor force, which includes both the employed and the unemployed actively looking for work, according to Gedney. Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2026 The rapid development of generative AI has gone hand-in-hand with growing anxiety about what the technology might do to the world’s white-collar labor force. Matthew Heimer, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026 As the labor force shrinks, economic output and tax revenues may contract while demand for pensions, healthcare, and social security rises—a financial burden that will be borne by an increasingly smaller workforce. Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Apr. 2026 If the creation of a new labor force once required the sacrifice of the worker-god to animate worker-humans, pieces from this exhibition show artists working to interpret how the worker-human has been continuously sacrificed to animate our new worker-machines. Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 6 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for labor force

Word History

First Known Use

1844, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of labor force was in 1844

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“Labor force.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/labor%20force. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.

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