job market

noun

: the number of jobs that are available for workers

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Inflation ticked up in September Inflation ticked up again in September, revealing the persistence of rising prices as the job market shows signs of cooling and consumers head into the holiday season. Bart Jansen, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025 The post has evolved into All the Cool Girls Get Fired, a rollicking, joyful self-help book and how-to guide, that aims to empower and inform women amidst the turbulent job market of the 2020s. Hadley Meares, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025 People are staying because the job market is loose now where more people are without jobs than jobs are available. Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025 Others are angered that the visa requires only an undergraduate STEM degree, saying that is setting the bar too low at a time when young people in China feel pressured to rack up advanced degrees in order to compete with their peers in the job market. Peter Guo, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for job market

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“Job market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/job%20market. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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