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employment

[em-ploi-muhnt] / ɛmˈplɔɪ mənt /




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Payroll employment figures dropped by 100,000 last month.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

"The two sides could share some best practices and exchange experiences on how to address and manage" AI's impact on society, for example on youth employment, he said.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

A former Conservative defence secretary has quit his job with a missile manufacturer over concerns he broke the rules governing the employment of former ministers.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

With alcohol consumption ebbing again, the brand is now experimenting with a zero-alcohol citrus cocktail it calls Citrus Sin—in homage to Beam’s Prohibition-informed philosophy that not promoting agriculture and community employment was a sin.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Hoover also told Stone that per his wishes he had raised the employment qualifications for new agents, requiring them to have some legal training or knowledge of accounting.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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