be gainfully employed
Example Sentences
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With the injury his daughter sustained, Preciado said, “I don’t really know that she’ll be effective to the point that she can be gainfully employed anywhere, let alone law enforcement.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2023
The court also held that the woman's domestic labour contributed indirectly to earning the money that enabled the purchase of the assets and that her work allowed the husband to be gainfully employed.
From BBC • Jun. 28, 2023
Offices — getting up and going to one — came to seem like a fairly abstract proposition during the past year-and-change, at least among those of us fortunate enough to be gainfully employed.
From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2021
We’re grateful to both be gainfully employed with savings, and we have a financial planner who’s confident in our ability to afford a fruitful future.
From Slate • Jan. 12, 2021
I understand that someone with a Master's Degree from Rice University could be gainfully employed.
From Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America by Sills, Steven (Steven David Justin)
