occupation
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The strikes further strained a power grid that survived the 1990 Iraqi invasion and occupation, as well as a round of Iranian attacks earlier this year.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
“People divorced from community, occupation, and association,” he wrote, “are first and foremost among the supporters of extremism.”
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
For management analysts, a useful proxy for consulting work, overall employment grew 12% from 2022 to early 2026, while solo self-employment within the occupation grew more than twice as fast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
The council also highlighted its wider efforts to tackle tenancy fraud and unlawful occupation.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
Washing clothes was then a very agreeable occupation.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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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
Education experts said one possible response to such a scenario is for state legislatures that set licensing requirements to decide some occupations — like barbers and stylists — actually need less training.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Then I used workers’ reported occupations to merge them onto Digital Planet’s new AI Exposure metric.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
That is particularly relevant to India where hundreds of millions of people still work outdoors in occupations such as farming, while indoor workers in places like factories rarely have air conditioning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Everywhere men busied themselves in frivolous and worthless occupations.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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