workforce

noun work·force \ ˈwərk-ˌfȯrs \

|Updated on: 7 Jun 2018

Examples: workforce in a Sentence

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

Our biggest challenge, then, is addressing the growing industry’s massive workforce and infrastructure needs to continue supporting our state’s economy and government.

— miamiherald, "Leigh-Ann Buchanan," 5 June 2018
Our urban school districts are still struggling, which impacts workforce and crime.

— kansascity, "Jean Paul Bradshaw," 5 June 2018
That means focusing on and funding workforce and citizenship development, beginning with early childhood education and continuing through to post high school training.

— charlotteobserver, "Ashley Christensen," 5 June 2018
The company is investing $30 million to retool its workforce and facilities for production of a wind turbine specifically for the U.S., said Jose Antonio Miranda, the chief executive officer for the company’s onshore ventures in the Americas.

— kevin spear, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Orlando wind-energy operations grow with Siemens Gamesa merger," 31 May 2018
The technology arm of Walmart Inc. is joining a growing industry effort to address the war for talent and a lack of diversity by recruiting tech professionals who have left the workforce and want to come back.

— bloomberg, latimes.com, "Walmart joins Silicon Valley in courting moms returning to work," 31 May 2018
The slaughterhouse, with its heavily immigrant workforce and foreign owners, used to dominate the headlines.

— ken otterbourg, Fortune, "Teflon’s River of Fear," 24 May 2018
Holcomb was in Slovakia, taking part in a business roundtable and discussing economic and workforce development.

— holly v. hays, Indianapolis Star, "'Enough is enough': Poor People's Campaign stages protest outside Indiana Governor's residence," 21 May 2018
The rival Palestinian Authority, based in the West Bank, has added to the pressure by cutting salaries to its former workforce and limiting electricity transmission.

— Washington Post, "With little to lose, Gaza’s men drawn to border protests," 16 May 2018

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