How to Use human capital in a Sentence

human capital

noun
  • The stock of human capital in the workforce just gets worse.
    — Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2026
  • And that failing to do so squanders huge amounts of human capital.
    — Kelly Field, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Jan. 2024
  • The supply chain and human capital are deep.
    — Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • Now, the one thing that Putin clearly doesn’t care about is human capital.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2026
  • So in economic terms, here was a wealth of human capital.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026
  • And a lot of this comes down to questions of human capital and the talent that's available.
    — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 26 May 2024
  • The whole system learns at a speed no human capital training program can match.
    — Sarah Elk, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • Consider it as an investment in human capital and a sign of fair play.
    — Curt Steinhorst, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Right now, there are no equally strict requirements for human capital.
    — Ben Zweig, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Those caveats aside, college degrees are a useful proxy for a party’s human capital.
    — George Hawley, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Right now the reporting on human capital is all narrative, which is hard for investors to work with.
    — Sheri Rothman, Quartz, 8 May 2023
  • Iran is a country rich in natural resources and human capital.
    — Pegah Banihashemi, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Every few years or so, there is a push for more transparent human capital disclosures.
    — Ben Zweig, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2025
  • There's also the question of human capital.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
  • The work of improving human capital often happens out of sight.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Now both the stock and value of its human capital is degrading, and almost no one is doing anything to stop it.
    — Allison Schrager, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The unlocking of this human capital is extending beyond health plans to their providers.
    — Amit Garg, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
  • But the most compelling argument is human capital.
    — Maurizio Caio, semafor.com, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Luckily for managers, building human capital takes a long time.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
  • What’s required, in other words, is a strategy to improve our human capital.
    — Allison Schrager, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Investing in health should not be looked at as a cost; it should be viewed as a driver of human capital and productivity.
    — Aman Gupta, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Goldman likewise concluded that the human capital problem may prove harder to solve than the hardware one.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 13 May 2026
  • They are asked to trim costs, including human capital, while beating the competition and finding new growth.
    — Jill Shedek, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • In its absence, companies risk losing out on their human capital investment.
    — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Employees who are dissatisfied with their working conditions may leave and take their human capital with them.
    — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
  • To solve these problems would require years of structural reforms that attract investment and improve human capital.
    — Alexandra Prokopenko, Foreign Affairs, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Acquiring human capital for a new enterprise is time-consuming and faces the chicken-egg dilemma.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026
  • If technology displaces workers, then the value of their human capital can be wiped out entirely.
    — Allison Schrager, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The largest gap between the cabinet's and board members' scores was in maximizing human capital — though still only by a fraction of a point.
    — Nusaiba Mizan, Houston Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2026
  • These nonprofits are the human capital engines of the nonprofit sector.
    — Jennifer Sirangelo, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025

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