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Recent Examples of nonagricultural
One tool employers currently use to fill seasonal or short-term nonagricultural positions is the H-2B visa, a temporary, non-immigrant program frequently utilized by the hospitality and tourism sectors when there are not enough American workers available.
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
The bill seeks to create a new H-2C visa program to address labor shortages in nonagricultural, less-skilled, year-round jobs.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
The act set the cap for H-2B visas, the main visa for low-skilled nonagricultural workers, at 66,000 per year.
—Amy Pope, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Retailers and importers of nonagricultural goods had sped up shipments in anticipation of the strike, and some ships were diverted to West Coast ports where workers are not among those striking.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2024
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
The bill seeks to create a new H-2C visa program to address labor shortages in nonagricultural, less-skilled, year-round jobs.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
The act set the cap for H-2B visas, the main visa for low-skilled nonagricultural workers, at 66,000 per year.
—Amy Pope, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Retailers and importers of nonagricultural goods had sped up shipments in anticipation of the strike, and some ships were diverted to West Coast ports where workers are not among those striking.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonagricultural
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The Labor Department reported that the headline unemployment rate dropped to a 50-year low and that nonfarm payrolls grew more than expected.—
Heard Editors,
WSJ,
6 Jan. 2023
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The chart shows the trajectory of employment, the monthly growth in nonfarm payrolls, during the recession that started in December 1973.—
Joseph W. Sullivan,
National Review,
19 Dec. 2022
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And then there is no ongoing water use reporting requirement once a data center is connected to a municipal supply − less than a third of data centers now are tracking it.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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The policy change affecting Ocean Beach was characterized by city officials as amending the municipal code to simply clarify what was already allowed.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Nonagricultural.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonagricultural. Accessed 25 Nov. 2025.
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