How to Use return to work in a Sentence

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  • That may explain our slow to return to work, study shows.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2022
  • There’s just no way that all the women who have to return to work within two to six—or even 12—weeks are ready to be back.
    — Bethany Mollenkof, Glamour, 29 Sep. 2022
  • The White House in April urged patience with Feinstein’s return to work.
    — Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2023
  • Many hotel workers are still waiting to return to work.
    — Roland Li, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Her return to work restores the Democrats' 51-49 majority in the Senate.
    — Kyle Morris, Fox News, 10 May 2023
  • New research finds workers are struggling to return to work due to prolonged symptoms like brain fog.
    — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The contract also required these employees to return to work this week.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Besides the tax cuts, Lamont is pushing for increases in day care funding so that parents can return to work after the birth of a child.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Benefits like on-site childcare help women return to work with more peace of mind knowing their infants will be close by and well looked after.
    — Priya Krishnan, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
  • One of the officers will not immediately return to work, but police did not say who.
    — oregonlive, 9 Feb. 2023
  • The union went on strike Tuesday, announcing plans to return to work on Friday no matter what happened at the bargaining table.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Crashes and auto claims have increased as Americans return to work and their daily commutes.
    — Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The union offered an unconditional return to work in February after months of stalemate in the labor talks.
    — William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Here are some reasons why rates are rising: Crashes and auto claims have increased as Americans return to work and their daily commutes.
    — Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Todd says illnesses in her family interfered with her efforts to return to work.
    — Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Advertisement There are more return to work programs out there than ever The number of returnships in the US has more than doubled since 2016, and companies that offer them are growing the size and scope of their programs.
    — Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza, Quartz, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Weingarten did not believe the Trump administration was giving schools what teachers needed to return to work safely.
    — Jonathan Mahler, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The group decided to cut orders of comfy clothes and items for the home that had been big sellers during the pandemic, and increase orders of dresses, suits and shoes for wearing outside the house, to return to work and for occasions like weddings.
    — Suzanne Kapner, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Employees across the nation have challenged employer directives to return to work.
    — Lynne Curry | Alaska Workplace, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Another Foxconn employee said most of his dozen-strong team of night-shift workers had either been taken to a quarantine facility or had refused to return to work.
    — Wenxin Fan and Selina Cheng, WSJ, 30 Oct. 2022
  • This is because workers are often cleared to return to work but still have ongoing medical appointments necessary to recover, the group said.
    — Ben Botkin, oregonlive, 13 Apr. 2023
  • After a few days, under intensifying public pressure, the C.T.U.’s members voted to return to work.
    — Jonathan Mahler, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Parents’ groups have long campaigned for change, arguing that the lack of support for the earliest years is hampering people’s ability to return to work after having children.
    — Cassie Werber, Quartz, 16 Mar. 2023
  • After taking medical leave per their doctor’s recommendation, the plaintiff tried to return to work only to be told by the chief executive that they couldn’t be trusted to do their duties.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2023
  • New research shows that many employees report being too sick to return to work or require ongoing medical treatment.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The Perfect Nanny, a thriller inspired by a notorious news item and also set in contemporary Paris, followed Myriam, a lawyer who decides to return to work while her children are still little.
    — Leslie Camhi, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Pearlman highlighted the story of Karina Garcia, whose postpartum journey Glamour followed and who had to return to work six days after giving birth.
    — Ruhama Wolle, Glamour, 2 Mar. 2023
  • There will be a full-service open bar with eggnog and Gin-surrection Martinis on tap—non-alcoholic, of course, since everyone should be lucid enough to return to work immediately following the event.
    — Nehemiah Markos, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The push to return to work comes as China relaxes rules around testing, quarantine and other pandemic policies, in a dramatic step away from its costly zero-Covid policy.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 21 Dec. 2022
  • For any incidents involving a gun, constables also are required to go through an independent investigation and then have a mental health professional clear them to return to work with a weapon.
    — Joseph Darius Jaafari, The Arizona Republic, 23 Nov. 2022

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