labor market

noun

: the number of workers who are available to be hired

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Promoting employment can connect assistance to job search, training, and skills development and fund active labor market programs that help people find employment and stay in the workforce. Miguel Eiras Antunes, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026 Job growth has slowed significantly across the US labor market following the post-pandemic economic rebound. Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 20 May 2026 DeGraff’s warnings come as many early-career workers are already facing a cooling labor market. Preston Fore, Fortune, 20 May 2026 Officials continued to characterize the labor market as stabilizing, though fragile. Bloomberg, Oc Register, 20 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for labor market

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“Labor market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/labor%20market. Accessed 24 May. 2026.

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