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jobs

NOUN

employment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

activity appointment assignment business career office operation place position post profession situation spot stint task trade work

STRONG

berth billet calling capacity chore connection craft engagement faculty function gig grind handicraft line livelihood means niche occupation opening posting pursuit racket swindle vocation

WEAK

daily grind métier nine-to-five rat race

Antonyms

STRONGEST

avocation entertainment fun idleness pastime recreation unemployment

STRONG

hobby inability incompetence surrender

NOUN

task

Synonyms

STRONGEST

action assignment business care duty effort office operation project responsibility role stint task thing work

STRONG

act affair burden charge chore commission concern contribution deed devoir enterprise errand function matter mission obligation province pursuit undertaking venture

WEAK

taskwork tour of duty

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disregard entertainment fun idleness inaction inactivity irresponsibility pastime

STRONG

retreat

WEAK

unemployment

Example Sentences

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Absent that gain, the private sector would have shed 145,500 private-sector jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

The city, known as the Air Capital of the World, lost thousands of jobs after the nearly two-year grounding of most Boeing 737 MAX planes and the pandemic’s disruptions of aviation and travel.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

The impact has been visible in a number of industries, with hundreds of thousands of jobs at risk in factories that make glass and plastic products and tiles.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

By the Labor Department’s count of U.S. payrolls, the number of jobs held by women has increased by 421,00 since the end of 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

All the men were farmers or fishermen; there were no other jobs.

From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis