labor market

noun

: the number of workers who are available to be hired

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June’s total was the lightest month of hiring since February, when the labor market contracted. — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 2 July 2026 Core Gen Zers, born in the early 2000s, graduated into a pandemic-fractured labor market. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 July 2026 Hiring slowed markedly in June, falling short of economists' expectations and displaying a wobbly labor market amid elevated inflation set off by the Iran war. — Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 July 2026 This sentiment stems from accelerating inflation, a cooling labor market, modest productivity gains, and AI's unfulfilled promise of broad wage increases. — William Arruda, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for labor market

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“Labor market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/labor%20market. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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