public sector

noun

: the part of an economy which is controlled or owned by the government

a job in the public sector

Examples of public sector in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The budget deficit — defined as borrowing to fund day-to-day public sector activities, which the U.K. government has pledged to slash to zero — came in at £12.8 billion, down £1.7 billion on May 2024. —Ganesh Rao,chloe Taylor,jenni Reid, CNBC, 20 June 2025

The percentage of workers in private sector unions dipped under 6% in 2024, with public sector union membership at 32%. —Adia Harvey Wingfield, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025

While the development is a sunny one for state workers, there’s still time for the budget to change, and the initial salary freezes are not off the table, said Tim Yeung, a public sector labor expert. —William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 11 June 2025

Nearly 11 million American full-time workers still get paid this way, including many public sector employees. —Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025

Rhymes for public sector

• eigenvector
• bisector
• collector
• connector
• corrector
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• deflector
• detector
• director
• dissector
• effector
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