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

During last year’s budget negotiations, public sector unions signed new agreements with the state that resulted in moderate pay increases in exchange for suspending retirement contributions and instituting a leave program for state employees. —William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2026

He was joined by labor unions, including SEIU Local 721 that represents 100,000 public sector employees, and physician groups, including the Los Angeles County Medical Association. —Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 10 June 2026

But while this gigantic fortune helps fund Norway’s public sector, Norwegian average living standards have not increased in the same dramatic fashion. —Ola Morris Innset, The Dial, 2 June 2026

My first one was Elephant’s Dream, which premiered in 2014 at IDFA in Amsterdam and was about public sector workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a former Belgian colony. —Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 2 June 2026

Rhymes for public sector

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