labor force

noun

: workforce

Example Sentences

the corporation has a labor force of nearly 100,000 people

Recent Examples on the Web For example, responding to its sharply-falling share price, Meta is laying off 11,000 workers, 13% of its labor force.

Gleb Tsipursky, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022 Immigrants make up 19% of Nevada’s population and 25% of its labor force, according to a December report from the advocacy group National Immigration Forum.

USA Today, 30 Oct. 2022 Rising temperatures, water scarcity, and soil salinity are shrinking crop yields in the Nile Delta, which account for nearly all the nation’s domestic food supply, 11% of gross domestic product, and 21% of its labor force.

Sahar Aziz, Time, 27 Oct. 2022 And agriculture constitutes the largest sector of Pakistan’s economy and employs nearly half its labor force.

Nazish Brohi, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2022 Hong Kong’s population dropped at its steepest rate on record over the past year and its labor force continued to shrink.

Theodora Yu, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2022 Part of the rationale for large families in the South during the era of crop labor was to birth their labor force.

Marc Myers, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2022 The town of Telluride enjoyed a real estate boom during the pandemic that has priced out much of its labor force, and raised housing costs for many Telluride ticket holders, a trend which worries Huntsinger.

Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2022 Salisbury also believes increases in minimum wage will lead to restaurants cutting their labor force and finding ways to automate their operations wherever possible.

Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2022 See More

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