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a body of persons at work or available for work
the corporation has a labor force of nearly 100,000 people
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Recent Examples of labor force
In 2022 alone, the number of workers aged 16 to 35 fell by 1.33 million, and their share of the labor force was the lowest on record since 1996.
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Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 22 June 2025
Many of the undocumented workers who manage to avoid ICE will be forced to withdraw from the labor force.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025
The labor force participation rate was flat at 68.2% from April, compared to 62.4% nationally.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 20 June 2025
The labor force required to bring the project to completion is equally enormous.
—Suzanne Wright, USA Today, 4 June 2025
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Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 22 June 2025
Many of the undocumented workers who manage to avoid ICE will be forced to withdraw from the labor force.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025
The labor force participation rate was flat at 68.2% from April, compared to 62.4% nationally.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 20 June 2025
The labor force required to bring the project to completion is equally enormous.
—Suzanne Wright, USA Today, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for labor force
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In May, Patel told Congress his goal is to move about 10% of the Bureau's Washington workforce — about 1,500 people — away from the D.C. area and redeploy them across the country, including a sizable number of personnel at the FBI's facility in Huntsville, Alabama.—
Scott MacFarlane,
CBS News,
1 July 2025
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The Maryland Department of Labor recommended these changes due to workforce instability spurred by the Trump administration’s decision to lay off thousands of federal workers, and Gov. Wes Moore signed a bill to delay the program once more.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
1 July 2025
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However, even this approach may require IT skills that small companies don't have on staff.—
Atal Bansal,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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Two dozen or so men’s orders studied there, as well as women and laypeople, and the school had female professors and a rabbi on staff.—
Belinda Luscombe,
Time,
1 July 2025
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The park also includes the Pond House, a playscape and spray pad for kids, a fitness circuit, trails, an Olympic size pool and picnic areas.—
Kaitlyn Keegan,
Hartford Courant,
5 July 2025
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The Elgin area also is less expensive than other areas in the Chicago market and has a good talent pool from which to fill their office and industrial jobs, Klein said.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
4 July 2025
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Customer service personnel have to be trained in those portals and ensure the data needed to track a shipment makes it to the customer portal in a timely manner.—
Steve Banker,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Steep terrain and access made this fire difficult for personnel to raise containment.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
30 June 2025
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“Labor force.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/labor%20force. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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