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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But the labor force to fill this growing clamor for workers isn’t there, Farley said. Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025 The Congressional Budget Office estimates that 290,000 immigrants will be removed by 2029 — enough to shrink the labor force and affect GDP growth. Patricia Lopez, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025 The size of the state’s labor force, a count of those working or actively looking for work, decreased by 4,700 to 3,275,600. Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2025 Baswel said she was compelled to tell the story after connecting her own experiences in the precarious labor force with the workers who lost their lives during construction of the center. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Sep. 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 10 Oct. 2025.

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