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a body of persons at work or available for work
the corporation has a labor force of nearly 100,000 people
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Recent Examples of labor force
Teen labor force participation routinely exceeded 50% during the 1970s and 1980s.
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Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
21 June 2026
To alleviate these shortages, prisoners supplemented the farm and labor forces at branch camps throughout Arkansas, mostly in the Delta and southern regions.
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Helaine Williams,
Arkansas Online,
20 June 2026
Immigrants are important to our local economy, where immigrants are 26% of our labor force, four in 10 local entrepreneurs and 40% of our health aides.
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Nancy Rudner,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 June 2026
According to Challenger, as recently as the 1980s, roughly half of teens participated in the nation's labor force in some capacity; today, that figure is under 30%.
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Sarah Horbacewicz,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for labor force
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
21 June 2026
To alleviate these shortages, prisoners supplemented the farm and labor forces at branch camps throughout Arkansas, mostly in the Delta and southern regions.
—
Helaine Williams,
Arkansas Online,
20 June 2026
Immigrants are important to our local economy, where immigrants are 26% of our labor force, four in 10 local entrepreneurs and 40% of our health aides.
—
Nancy Rudner,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 June 2026
According to Challenger, as recently as the 1980s, roughly half of teens participated in the nation's labor force in some capacity; today, that figure is under 30%.
—
Sarah Horbacewicz,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for labor force
Recent Examples of Synonyms for labor force
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Under his leadership, SMUD expanded workforce training programs, and joined the state’s Energy Imbalance Market, a wholesale energy-trading market that allows SMUD to buy low-cost renewable energy in real time, and sell excess energy to generate additional revenue.
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In the following two years, officials project thousands of additional job reductions in a workforce that this year stood at 83,000.
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However, building sovereign compute is challenging, requiring significant capital, specialized maintenance staff, and long deployment times.
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The business has since expanded to three locations, where staff members serve Portuguese classics like cod fish croquettes, chourico assado—a flaming sausage dish—and octopus in garlic sauce for game days.
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Every fuel truck destroyed, ammunition convoy disrupted or logistics hub struck forces Russian commanders to expend additional time, resources and manpower simply maintaining battlefield operations.
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The military did not have the experience or manpower to maintain camps with large POW populations.
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Each ticket costs $5, and players may pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers - five different numbers from 1 to 70 (the white balls) and one number from 1 to 24 (the gold Mega Ball) - or select Easy Pick/Quick Pick.
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Infante said on May 13, a group of ducklings hatched on her porch and walked over to the community pool.
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Andres Chait — with major policy and personnel moves that appear to cement Chait’s ongoing leadership role.
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Witnesses who discussed the incident online described the boy sliding down the steep drop before emergency personnel arrived.
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“Labor force.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/labor%20force. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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