as in workforce
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
The program provides farm owners with a short-term labor force.
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Scott Morgenstern, The Conversation, 25 July 2025
Over the year, Texas’ civilian labor force added 237,800 workers.
—Bethany Blankley, The Washington Examiner, 20 July 2025
The tax breaks also should draw more people on the sidelines into the labor force, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
—Paul Davidson, USA Today, 11 July 2025
Connecticut’s struggles with job growth and labor force participation date back decades to the 2007 Great Recession.
—P.r. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 23 July 2025
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Scott Morgenstern, The Conversation, 25 July 2025
Over the year, Texas’ civilian labor force added 237,800 workers.
—Bethany Blankley, The Washington Examiner, 20 July 2025
The tax breaks also should draw more people on the sidelines into the labor force, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
—Paul Davidson, USA Today, 11 July 2025
Connecticut’s struggles with job growth and labor force participation date back decades to the 2007 Great Recession.
—P.r. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for labor force
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Over the past year, the co-CEOs have executed a plan to shave off $500 million in costs, sell off assets and reduce a workforce by more than 15 percent as Paramount shifts ownership.—
Erik Hayden,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Aug. 2025
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Hitter was one of hundreds of prospective teachers who’ve been part of a range of state and local programs aimed at strengthening the teaching workforce in Wisconsin.—
Rory Linnane,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin’s branch in Scranton, Pa., have found new subjects in the offshoot, still set in the world of paper: the eclectic staff of The Truth Teller, a historic Midwestern newspaper in Toledo, Ohio, well past its glory days.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Coaching staff found football training equipment, shoulder pads and 60 helmets missing from the storage container outside of the Park District community center at 13800 South Trumbull Ave.—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Aug. 2025
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Meanwhile, at low tide, the beach widens—revealing tidal pools where children hunt for tiny crabs and sea glass.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Wilder got the Getty family to agree to have a full concrete pool installed, but minus the pumps and usual engineering since it was only needed for a few days of shooting.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Aug. 2025
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The search for Top involved over 50 personnel, including local police units and partner agencies, and employed ATVs, drones, and helicopter support, police said in an update on July 31.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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To compile its report, TIGTA used data from the IRS’s Integrated Financial System and evaluated the data by reviewing existing data and interviewing personnel in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Labor force.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/labor%20force. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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