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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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They mentor employees, stabilize workforces, and help businesses compete for larger contracts.—
Dan Ringo,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025 -
Never mind that large language models have so far proven useless at 95% of the companies that have made their workforces try to use them, researchers from MIT recently found.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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The top firms have staffs of several thousand employees who are expensive but have proven worthwhile.—
Hank Tucker,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The news and editorial staffs of Southern California News Group and The San Diego Union-Tribune had no role in this post’s preparation.—
Melanie Marshall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Sep. 2025
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As the demographics reverse, smaller labor pools are available and more creativity is needed by employers to build a team.—
Amy Lindgren,
Twin Cities,
13 Sep. 2025
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How to play Mega Millions Player can pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers — five different numbers from 1 to 70 (the white balls) and one number from 1 to 24 (the gold Mega Mall).—
Tanya Wildt,
Freep.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Labor forces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/labor%20forces. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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