workforce.

The people employed by an organization or available for employment in a region.

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Words that belong together

• skilled workforce
• aging workforce

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An aging workforce increased demand for flexible schedules.

Usage notes

Primary category: economics / business / social science. Forms: Singular workforce; plural workforces. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, evaluation, business. Commonness: moderately common.