labor market

noun

: the number of workers who are available to be hired

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How will Trump's immigration policy affect the labor market? Paul Davidson, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025 The cracks in the labor market are growing harder to ignore. Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025 And more workers are seeking those opportunities, as labor market re-entrants helped to lift the unemployment rate last month. Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025 Quality of life used metrics like the strength of the elderly labor market and the property crime rate. Reia Li, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025 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 11 Sep. 2025.

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