How to Use division of labor in a Sentence

division of labor

noun phrase
  • The truth may be in the division of labor.
    — Diana Spehar, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • But the division of labor was clear.
    — Big Think, 2 Mar. 2026
  • What was the division of labor?
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
  • The Wilsons were hands-on parents, though there was a clear division of labor.
    — Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 12 May 2026
  • There has been no fundamental shift in the division of labor in their home.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
  • There has been no fundamental shift in the division of labor in their home.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The core approach of Bask Health lies in its division of labor.
    — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • The result points toward a new division of labor.
    — Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • Ever since Clarke’s exit, there’d been a clear division of labor in the band.
    — Alex Pappademas, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2023
  • One such shift is the distinction in that there is a different division of labor.
    — Jeremy Saks, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
  • Trump and his lawyers have followed a strategy that involves a division of labor.
    — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Free trade that is also fair trade reinforces the modern division of labor.
    — Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
  • This division of labor would, it was believed, remain static.
    — Koray Köse, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • In terms of security, a more balanced division of labor could emerge.
    — Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2022
  • This division of labor shortens the time from target detection to action across the kill chain.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 20 May 2026
  • Evolution solves this problem with a division of labor between babies and adults.
    — Alison Gopnik, Scientific American, 1 May 2016
  • Manual work is reduced, rules become clearer and the division of labor shifts.
    — Unni Nambiar, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
  • This division of labor offers some clear advantages.
    — Cal Newport, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Tariffs raise the cost of getting while slowing the division of labor that powers even more production and more getting.
    — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
  • As far as our division of labor went, Jesse really led the research initiative to try to get to those answers.
    — Tom White, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Because of this division of labor, properties often ask guests not to remove their towels from their room or pilfer ones from the pool or spa.
    — Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
  • The arrival of new machines and hands to the global division of labor has never been harmful to existing workers.
    — John Tamny, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • This division of labor could help cells heal wounds more efficiently, but cancer cells might also exploit it to propel their rampant growth.
    — Bymitch Leslie, science.org, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Scientists can learn more about prehistoric social roles and division of labor between the genders.
    — Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 4 May 2023
  • To build resilience, governments must have a plan, a budget, a division of labor among key actors, and other essentials.
    — Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Mar. 2025
  • This division of labor would create a more seamless, cost-efficient interaction for users.
    — Wei Duan, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
  • And this division of labor in turn influenced beliefs about the appropriate roles of men and women in society.
    — Sofia Shchukina, NPR, 3 Sep. 2024
  • There are questions about the division of labor between Noem and Tom Homan, who Trump tapped to be his border czar.
    — Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The usual division of labor had Lear as producer and writer and Yorkin as director.
    — Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 29 Dec. 2025
  • This division of labor leads to compute efficiency, explains Liu.
    — Zinnia Lee, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

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