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employment

[em-ploi-muhnt] / ɛmˈplɔɪ mənt /
NOUN
working for a living
Synonyms
STRONGEST
business contracting enrollment hiring job recruitment service trade
STRONG
assignment avocation awarding calling commissioning craft employ enlistment exercise exercising exertion field function game hire line mission number occupation office position post profession pursuit racket servicing setup situation thing using vocation work
WEAK
carrying engagement in activity application engaging métier occupying retaining signing on taking on what one is into
Antonyms
STRONGEST
fun unemployment
STRONG
avocation entertainment hobby pastime recreation surrender
WEAK
idleness inactivity misuse
NOUN
using something
Synonyms
STRONGEST
usage utilization
STRONG
adoption appliance application disposition exercise exercising exertion exploitation handling operation play purpose usance use
Antonyms
STRONG
idleness mismanagement
WEAK
inactivity misuse unemployment

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His research paper, titled “You’re Not Hired,” found that employment of early career workers in the most AI-exposed quintile declined by 15% following the introduction of ChatGPT.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

In addition, because of decreased income and employment, more farmworker families will be forced to rely on benefit programs such as CalFresh, increasing government expenditures.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Their combined income of about $160,000 a year—from her work as a speech pathologist and his as an employment coordinator—stretches farther in Greenville, allowing them to dine out regularly and vacation abroad.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

In fact, according to the CBO report, employment in the shipyards hasn’t grown since 1990.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

We stood listless upon the deck of our sloop-of-war, with no employment but to observe the rout.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

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