occupation
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His missing forearm prevented him from immediately returning to his previous occupation as a weaver.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
In 1974 Bailey was one of the organisers behind the occupation of the Centrepoint building in London, as part of a protest against homelessness.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
The classic example is of dubious historical accuracy, but originates from the British occupation of India.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
Evidence filed in court cases includes numerous documents from the fascist Italian occupation and others from the early 1900s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
And since when had the German occupation government concerned itself with Dutch legal procedures?
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
If working-class voters are those working low-wage jobs, then they are already majority women, who occupy two-thirds of the 40 lowest-paid occupations.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
What the note points out is that workers in highly exposed occupations are finding it harder to transition to other jobs once they have lost theirs.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
The International Labour Organization estimates that 12.7 million Filipinos - more than one in four workers - are employed in occupations exposed to generative AI, the highest share in South East Asia.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Within the U.S., they found that AI is being used across a large number of occupations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Special days were set aside for suffragists who represented specific states, organizations, occupations, or schools.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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