How to Use labor force in a Sentence

labor force

noun
Definition of labor forcenext
Synonyms for labor forcenext
  • In all states, women were found to be less likely than men to participate in the labor force.
    — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 7 May 2024
  • Latinos are now the main drivers of the U.S. labor force growth rate, which has slowed down over the past decades.
    — Amaris Alanis Ribeiro, Hartford Courant, 3 July 2024
  • Overlooked are the benefits that immigrants can bring to societies with shrinking labor forces and tax bases.
    — Roger Cohen, New York Times, 5 May 2024
  • That means the population and the labor force have grown faster than statistical agencies and economists like us believed.
    — Wendy Edelberg and Tara Watson, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
  • And in states like California, a tighter labor force is affecting both workers and employers.
    — Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 6 May 2024
  • As in other states, labor force participation has declined due to an aging population and child-care issues.
    — Scott Cohn, CNBC, 18 July 2024
  • Why, though, should today’s tectonic shifts in technology that are upending the labor force stop just short of the teaching profession?
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 7 May 2024
  • Not simply as a reminder of the contribution of immigrants to the labor force in recent years but as a road map to improving Maryland’s economy.
    — Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Women earn 16% less than men, and the gender gap in labor force participation is one of the highest in Latin America.
    — Viri Rios, TIME, 3 June 2024
  • Against the background of general lack of labor force, the unemployment rate in Ukraine stays at the pre-war level though, according to the state employment service.
    — Yulia Drozd, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2024
  • The two share an enthusiasm for spurring growth by expanding the labor force and investing in infrastructure and climate-friendly energy sources.
    — David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
  • The Midland area labor force grew the fastest in the state at 5.5% in August.
    — Arcelia Martin, Dallas News, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Most of the workers in the area are employed in the mines or in businesses that support the mines and their labor force.
    — Karishma Mehrotra, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Men have been withdrawing from the labor force for decades.
    — Ben Casselman, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2022
  • For some Americans in the labor force right now, that looks like a pension.
    — Martha C. White, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Women now make up half of the labor force for only the third time in history.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The thing that is unique right now is that such a small portion of the American labor force is unionized.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The labor force and the number of employed both remain at record high levels.
    — Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Yet the profession has seen its labor force plummet while the number of herds of their four-legged clients have soared.
    — Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The bigger question that the industry will face is the labor force, some experts said.
    — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The unemployment rate is determined by the share of Ohioans in the labor force who are employed.
    — Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The figures suggest a sharp mismatch between the skills of the labor force and the jobs being created in the market.
    — Anup Roy, Fortune Asia, 30 Mar. 2024
  • The share of women in their prime working years in the labor force, at more than 77%, is near an all-time high and has helped prop up much of the economy's recent strength.
    — Abha Bhattarai The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Women in their prime working years are storming back into the labor force.
    — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 11 July 2023
  • The state's civilian labor force grew by 803 in October, and remains at a record high level, the report said.
    — Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The string of high-profile job cuts arrives at a time when employment in the wider labor force remains robust.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 18 Jan. 2024
  • But Tatum stressed that the state has always lagged in terms of its labor force participation rate.
    — Ralph Chapoco, al, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Japan, which has the world’s third-largest economy, is struggling to repair a labor force cratered by rapid aging.
    — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
  • That will make the number of people in the platform labor force larger than the population of Poland, the EU’s fifth-largest country.
    — WIRED, 20 Nov. 2023
  • As the slave trade came to an end, rice planters lost the free labor force that had performed the dangerous work of growing and harvesting rice in the marshy areas.
    — Amethyst Ganaway, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2022

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