workforce
noun
work·force
ˈwərk-ˌfȯrs 
1
: the workers engaged in a specific activity or enterprise
the factory's workforce
2
: the number of workers potentially assignable for any purpose
the nation's workforce
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Examples of workforce in a Sentence
We have a workforce of 2,400 people.
the office's entire workforce is devoted to a single project right now
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The unemployment rate for people with disabilities was twice that of people without one, a glaring disparity that locks so many talented people out of the workforce.
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Kody Boye, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
Hint: if your current workforce is made up of mostly one group, this would be tantamount to saying that group inherently holds more merit, which is probably false.
—Alex Ford, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
The temporary furloughs will affect employees at Spirit's largest facilities, in Wichita, Kansas, and account for about 5% of Spirit's U.S. workforce, according to its latest annual filing.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
In 2022, about 1 in 12 people older than 75 was still in the workforce, up from 1 in 20 about two decades earlier, according to data from the Labor Department.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2024
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Kody Boye, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
Hint: if your current workforce is made up of mostly one group, this would be tantamount to saying that group inherently holds more merit, which is probably false.
—Alex Ford, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
The temporary furloughs will affect employees at Spirit's largest facilities, in Wichita, Kansas, and account for about 5% of Spirit's U.S. workforce, according to its latest annual filing.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
In 2022, about 1 in 12 people older than 75 was still in the workforce, up from 1 in 20 about two decades earlier, according to data from the Labor Department.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2024
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workforce
noun
work·force
ˈwərk-ˌfō(ə)rs
-ˌfȯ(ə)rs
: the workers of a specific activity or business
the factory's workforce
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