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employment

[em-ploi-muhnt] / ɛmˈplɔɪ mənt /




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In most cases, the prediction market won’t verify a user’s employment unless there’s suspicious activity, the company said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Announcing its decision to appoint administrators, the company said reduced demand, "escalating" employment costs and soaring energy costs had "squeezed the business financially".

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Gold’s slump has followed Friday’s better-than-expected May U.S. employment report.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Over the years, former employees have criticized some of Allen’s employment practices.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Conformable to the Orgota law that each “unit” must have employment, I work from Eighth Hour to noon in a plastics factory.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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