labor force

noun

Examples of labor force in a Sentence

the corporation has a labor force of nearly 100,000 people
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Some 45% of working Americans between the ages of 25 and 54 have a child 17 or under at home, making working parents a critical part of the labor force. Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025 Women’s free labor in the home subsidized the profits of employers because workers’ families bore the cost of reproducing the future labor force. Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025 Their labor force participation rate has been sliding consistently in recent months, while the rate for men has trended higher. Jason Ma, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025 Leaders of Chattogram’s United Front of Workers and Employees (SKOP), which collectively represents 90 percent of the unionized labor force in Bangladesh, demanded that the interim government scrap the terminal-leasing plan. Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for labor force

Word History

First Known Use

1844, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of labor force was in 1844

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“Labor force.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/labor%20force. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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