gainfully employed
idiom
: provided with a job that pays wages or salary
She hasn't been gainfully employed for a few years.
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Everyone in Chicago will benefit if more of our youth are gainfully employed while school is out.
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2025
Over the past five years, spending on Medicaid has grown faster than both the population and inflation, and a work requirement will help manage program costs by ensuring working-age adults are gainfully employed and contributing to the economy and ...
—Jeremy Nighohossian, National Review, 30 June 2025
Many House Republicans say that’s OK with them because taxpayers could reel in savings when current beneficiaries could be gainfully employed.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 19 May 2025
Now gainfully employed in the tech sector alongside her husband, Emanuele said that, even with two solid incomes, the prospect of owning a second property is unrealistic.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2025
Over the past five years, spending on Medicaid has grown faster than both the population and inflation, and a work requirement will help manage program costs by ensuring working-age adults are gainfully employed and contributing to the economy and ...
—Jeremy Nighohossian, National Review, 30 June 2025
Many House Republicans say that’s OK with them because taxpayers could reel in savings when current beneficiaries could be gainfully employed.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 19 May 2025
Now gainfully employed in the tech sector alongside her husband, Emanuele said that, even with two solid incomes, the prospect of owning a second property is unrealistic.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for gainfully employed
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“Gainfully employed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gainfully%20employed. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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