How to Use employment in a Sentence

employment

noun
  • 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 key things to watch now are still housing and employment.
    — Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Courts will ask whether her work fell within her scope of employment.
    — Ugo Troiano, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026
  • How does this play out in the employment market?
    — Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • The thought of finding steady employment was about as lofty as his dreams got.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 June 2023
  • Proof that your employment ended and last date paid.
    — Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Full employment is when everyone who wants to work has a job.
    — Somesh Jha, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2022
  • But the issue in both wars was not the tanks, but poor training and employment.
    — Liam Collins, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2023
  • But what is the true state of employment and workers today?
    — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The nature of the jobs changed, but employment in the sector did not melt down.
    — Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Watching with us was what inspired her to seek employment there.
    — Jean Garnett, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Plans are to double its employment this year, though, and triple within the next two years.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026
  • How bad is the employment picture?
    — Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Paula started to say a few more things about the terms of my post-employment, but there was a knock on the door.
    — Sam Lipsyte, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Slok calls this the Jevons employment effect.
    — Jake Angelo, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Tony had just returned to employment at the store, freshly sober and needing a job.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
  • The project is a massive engine for employment.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Her employment pass from a nearby factory still hangs from her neck.
    — Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The new taxes have weighed on employment and forced small businesses to shut down.
    — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 30 June 2026
  • On the other hand, overall employment growth has been much stronger than normal.
    — Gad Levanon For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The lender will call and verify employment right before the loan funds.
    — Jeff Lazerson, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
  • That may give him an incentive to look harder for employment.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2025
  • The Post could find no evidence of these employment stints.
    — Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Meanwhile, none of these cities or states exempt teen summer employment.
    — Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • That’s because of joint employment.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 4 Oct. 2025

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