How to Use employment in a Sentence

employment

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  • Employment is at an all-time high in this part of the state.
  • She hopes to find employment as a teacher.
  • I've been looking for employment in the machine trade.
  • The city is faced with inadequate housing and a lack of employment.
  • The magazine did well during the course of her employment as editor.
  • The new factory should provide employment for hundreds of workers.
  • The thought of finding steady employment was about as lofty as his dreams got.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 June 2023
  • There’s also the question of what AI and the tech markets mean for employment.
    — R. Scott Raynovich, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Utah, for example, was just named the best state to start a business with the largest employment growth in the country.
    — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2024
  • At the same time, prices remain stubbornly high—as does the bar for getting a foot in the door of employment.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The employment market may not be as favorable down the road.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Friday The first Friday in May brings with it the monthly employment report for April.
    — Andrew Torgan, CNN, 30 Apr. 2023
  • As employment and incomes rose, so did the opening of new restaurants and hotels.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 7 June 2024
  • Portis, like one of his own characters, entered the world of employment only long enough to find a way out of it.
    — Scott Bradfield, The New Republic, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The company has to meet employment and salary requirements to get the money.
    — Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 24 Aug. 2023
  • As more people enter the labor force and look for work, and some have trouble finding employment, the rate stays up.
    — David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 13 May 2024
  • Show up from 3-9 p.m. with a proof of your local employment and choose from well drinks, select cocktails and beer and wine for only $5.
    — Brian May Maestro, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2023
  • The shooter’s body was found near a former place of employment, three law enforcement sources said.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Part-time employment used to be a milestone in many kids’ transition to adulthood.
    — Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2024
  • This is most pressing in regard to labor and employment law.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 26 July 2024
  • Stay up to date with the employment market in your industry and the local economy.
    — Jason Leverant, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • What’s at stake for Uber with the new rules is the employment classification of its Uber drivers and UberEats couriers.
    — WIRED, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The board came into the closed-door session knowing Hinton's employment with SDC was coming to an end.
    — Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2024
  • The law gives the Fed two jobs, maximize employment, stabilize prices.
    — CBS News, 28 May 2023
  • To the guild, simply raising minimum rates for writers wasn’t enough, given the erosion in the term of employment and the number of writers per show.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 3 May 2023
  • For his part, Walsh landing full-time employment as a songsmith was simply the next step in his already-in-motion career.
    — Will Hodge, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The Sheriff’s Department did not respond to questions about the future of his employment.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Inflation has started to cool off — and the employment picture and economy have been stronger than many had expected back in the fall of last year.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 14 June 2023
  • One answer is that preserving employment is not part of the Fed’s legal mandate.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2023
  • Those people still face many of the same employment hurdles that hardened criminals do.
    — The Editors, National Review, 2 June 2023

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