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the corporation has a labor force of nearly 100,000 people
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Over the year, nearly 10,000 Minnesotans joined the labor force.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 23 Jan. 2025
How can startups flourish when the region’s tech titans have already snapped up the available labor force?
—Christopher Thornberg, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
This is not about technical skills or preparing the labor force in the tech industry.
—Birgit Skarstein, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
But one significant 2025 milepost got little notice: Generation Z, the world’s largest generation, now makes up more than a quarter of the global labor force.
—Jamie Merisotis, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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First Known Use
1844, in the meaning defined above
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“Labor force.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/labor%20force. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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