give work

Example Sentences

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One, Veritas, is early in development and would give work to the lab for the next several years, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026

“Palantir seems to be a company that the U.S. government wants to work with and give work to.”

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

And while economic policy in recent years has been far from perfect, one thing it did do — to the nation’s great benefit — was give work a chance.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2023

It also has its own constabulary, set up in 1845 to give work to returning veterans of the Crimean War.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2018

This is brought upon the backs of burros from the distant mountains, where the few remaining trees give work to charcoal burners.

From Conservation Reader by Fairbanks, Harold W. (Harold Wellman)