How to Use gainful in a Sentence

gainful

adjective
  • Where do alien nerds find gainful employ?
    — Literary Hub, 19 Nov. 2025
  • So far no one has created a gainful business based on the concept.
    — Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2020
  • So far no one has created a gainful business based on the concept.
    — Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2020
  • This does not bode well for Coloradans in the workforce or for those seeking gainful employment.
    — Ben Murrey, National Review, 2 July 2021
  • The gainful employment rule has been scrapped, along with the one regarding loan forgiveness.
    — Alexander Nazaryan, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2018
  • The new time crystal demo marks one of the first times a quantum computer has found gainful employment.
    — Quanta Magazine, 2 Aug. 2021
  • This makes it that much harder for people with bad credit to get the gainful employment needed to repair their scores.
    — Nadra Nittle, Vox, 2 Nov. 2018
  • Those no longer willing or able to come into the office five days a week can find gainful employment in the private sector.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The gainful employment rule was designed to ensure that graduates would be able to earn enough money to pay off their student loan debt.
    — Maria Danilova, The Seattle Times, 14 June 2017
  • The lefty newspaper has had an uptick in workers’ interest because there is gainful employment at the baths.
    — Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Instead, the entrepreneurs being lost to gainful employment are those who would otherwise flit between the two worlds.
    — Adi Gaskell, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2021
  • When his father died during his last year of college, the pressure mounted on Bawge to find gainful employment.
    — Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2020
  • The top two goals the men cite most often are spending more time with their children and finding more gainful employment, Perry said.
    — Morgan Watkins, The Courier-Journal, 14 June 2019
  • Since recording the video, Hawkins has also found gainful employment, according to a statement from the food pantry.
    — Teri Webster, Dallas News, 19 Jan. 2021
  • The goal is to prepare these students for their future jobs by developing the skills needed to find gainful employment.
    — Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 28 Dec. 2025
  • Is there some sustainable within gainful employment that all Americans are able to achieve?
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2022
  • At the heart of the issue is whether Americans who are struggling with gainful employment are overly reliant on food stamps.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2019
  • We will not be rendered invisible, made to hide our family pictures at our work desks for fear of reprisal if our right to gainful employment gets stripped.
    — Allison Hope, CNN, 1 June 2022
  • Working-class people must juggle a long list of problems, from getting gainful employment to finding decent schools.
    — The New York Times, NOLA.com, 5 Aug. 2017
  • Working-class people must juggle a long list of problems, from getting gainful employment to finding decent schools.
    — Yamiche Alcindor, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2017
  • Recidivism rates are lower in states where former criminals can find gainful employment.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 3 Apr. 2018
  • In many of his songs, love sucked, gainful work was elusive, and the choice between redemption and destruction was often decided by a single step.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Finding gainful employment is the most effective deterrent to falling back into a life of crime, studies show.
    — Zolan Kanno-Youngs, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2018
  • America must restore the norm of gainful employment for all who are mentally and physically able and are not working in the home.
    — William A. Galston, WSJ, 20 Nov. 2018
  • Up Initiative that provides job training to help the long-term unemployed find gainful employment.
    — Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 10 Aug. 2021
  • Gainful employment was a condition of residency at the halfway house.
    — Brian Patrick Eha, Fortune, 26 June 2017
  • The goal is to prepare the students for gainful employment in professional or technical careers and is a second chance for success.
    — Emmett Hall, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Aug. 2019
  • With very few means of gainful employment or in-town entertainment, painting was both a popular pastime and a potential source of income.
    — Anthony Ham, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2022
  • Creatives need gainful employment, and artists like Katie need assistance and encouragement to pursue their dreams.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2021
  • The Department of Education intends to put a new rule in place that sets standards around gainful employment.
    — Katie Lobosco, CNN, 9 Jan. 2022

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