How to Use tradespeople in a Sentence
tradespeople
plural noun-
Who doesn't need to have skilled tradespeople to call on to build their home?
— Linda Gandee/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 4 Dec. 2017 -
Prairie State has hired union tradespeople for a portion of the work.
— New York Times, 16 July 2021 -
Her neighborhood and church were filled with the tradespeople who groomed the gardens, sheared the sheep or ran the printing press in the historic area.
— Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2018 -
There are also tradespeople in town and servants that get caught in their web, as well as the Queen herself.
— Leah Marilla Thomas, refinery29.com, 26 Dec. 2020 -
A lot of it comes down to budget and the availability of tradespeople.
— Washington Post, Star Tribune, 10 June 2021 -
At all phases of the neon evolution, neon signs have been hand-blown and bent over fire by skilled tradespeople.
— Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2023 -
No muss, no fuss—and no need to cultivate a contact list of tradespeople.
— Mark David, Robb Report, 13 June 2024 -
Find local tradespeople who can help reimagine old pieces and give them new life.
— Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Jan. 2024 -
For the ones that supply critical parts to tradespeople?
— Richard Potter, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024 -
Construction itself will drive more than 6 million hours of work for a wide swath of tradespeople.
— Thomas Quinn, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2024 -
This would maximize the labor available and allow tradespeople to do more in less time.
— Lori Moes, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021 -
In fact, Denmark has been hit by a wave of tax fraud, from brazen acts like Nielsen’s, right down to the widespread practice of paying tradespeople and cleaners under the table.
— Time, 2 Mar. 2020 -
Golf was first played in Scotland in the 15th century by women and men, aristocrats and tradespeople.
— Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Sep. 2022 -
Now he’s created a course for local tradespeople to learn how to learn passive house techniques.
— Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Oct. 2022 -
On a summer morning, the market streets crowded with tradespeople and townsfolk alike.
— Ew Staff, EW.com, 1 Dec. 2020 -
Saul assigned a project manager, who brought in good tradespeople.
— Marni Jameson, Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2024 -
At a time when there is an acute shortage of welders and other tradespeople, hardly any women are being trained for these and other well-paying jobs.
— Kelly Field, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2018 -
But can America sustain the supply of skilled tradespeople needed for these roles?
— Nate Dicamillo, Quartz, 7 June 2023 -
At the height of the lockdown, tradespeople weren’t able to go into homes to carry out work, and building materials were unavailable.
— John Detrixhe, Quartz, 3 July 2020 -
Older tradespeople kept retiring and fewer young people want to work with their hands.
— Mark Strassmann, CBS News, 2 Dec. 2021 -
Created by glaciers in the last Ice Age, the chain of peaks along a busy shipping channel have long been an important landmark for fishermen and tradespeople.
— David Nikel, Forbes, 26 June 2021 -
Her team has already grown to more than 34 agents, all working out of the gleaming new offices, remodeled with the craftsmanship of local tradespeople.
— Cameron Sullivan, The Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2024 -
And that has had a really big effect on the local tradespeople and contractors in these small towns that aren’t accustomed to an influx of so many people.
— Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 19 Feb. 2021 -
The clock is ticking, the planet is sweating, and the trillion-dollar climate action machine is…missing its tradespeople?
— Jeff Sprau, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024 -
Nine years later, the town abolished slavery, and African-Americans worked as tradespeople, laborers, whalers, and mariners.
— Elise Takahama, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Mar. 2018 -
The practice dates back to the medieval times, when tradespeople clamored to earn the royal seal of approval as a way of signaling to the public that their goods and services were — literally — fit for a king or queen.
— refinery29.com, 18 May 2018 -
Jenn and John acted as general contractors, calling on tradespeople Jenn knew through her job working for a builder.
— Sarah Egge, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 May 2022 -
Yet there are fewer of them than there were when the year began, an illustration of just how competitive the market for skilled tradespeople has become.
— Washington Post, 15 June 2021 -
Delivery delays can cause a domino effect of rescheduling work crews, which is worsened by a shortage of skilled tradespeople in many markets.
— WSJ, 9 Jan. 2022 -
The shortage of skilled tradespeople, largely due to experienced workers aging out of the field, is not only boosting the number of job opportunities but also the pay.
— Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2024
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