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Definition of workforce
1 : the workers engaged in a specific activity or enterprise the factory's workforce
2 : the number of workers potentially assignable for any purpose the nation's workforce
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Examples of workforce in a Sentence
We have a workforce of 2,400 people.
the office's entire workforce is devoted to a single project right now
Recent Examples of workforce from the Web
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But this shouldn't act as a deterrent into entering the workforce.
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AngloGold Ashanti, a gold-mining giant, last week announced plans to lay off 8,500 workers, a third of its South African workforce, at mines that are now deemed unprofitable.
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Those seeking a college undergraduate or graduate degree or trade school education — including returning military, parents returning to the workforce, etc. — are encouraged to enter.
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Uri Clinton, senior vice president and legal counsel for MGM Resorts, said the state could lose out on estimated $100 million a year by going with the tribes and has no assurances that Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun will not cut their workforces.
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But, honestly, wouldn’t 75 percent of the American workforce say the same thing about at least one of their bosses?*
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The last remaining piece of the mill sits between Textile and Circle streets, representing the agricultural workforce in the 20th century.
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The freight study also addresses workforce mobility, such as how employees will get to the jobs that are being created.
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East Alabama Works serves a seven-county workforce region comprised of Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah, Randolph and Talladega counties.
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First Known Use of workforce
1931
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WORKFORCE Defined for English Language Learners
workforce
playDefinition of workforce for English Language Learners
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: the group of people who work for a particular organization or business
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: the number of people in a country or area who are available for work
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